Publications
Below are papers authored by members of the P3 Cohort team (names are in bold) focusing on the prediction, prevention and interventions for preterm birth, as well as the health outcomes of preterm infants and children. We have also included publications related to the P3 Cohort and its associated substudies.
For a link of papers specifically related to the P3 Cohort or substudies, please click on this link.
2026 (January – March)
Caughey AB, Sultan P, Monks DT, Sharawi N, Bamber J, Panelli DM, Sauro KM, Shah PS, Muraca GM, Metcalfe A, Wood SL, Jago CA, Daly S, Blake L, Macones GA, Wilson RDW, Nelson G. Guidelines for intraoperative care in in caesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations (Part 2) – 2025 update. AJOG 2026. 233(6): S170-S183.
Cizmeci MN, Leijser LM, de Vries LS. Diagnostic neuroimaging and early detection of germinal matrix hemorrhage-intraventricular hemorrhage. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2026.
Gano D, Boardman JP, Agarwal S, Venkatesan C, Tarui T, Chau V, Wusthoff CJ, Lemmon ME, Scelsa B, Vollmer B, Mulkey SB, Scher MS, Hart AR, Peeples ES, Nakwa F, Molloy E, Pardo AC; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Neonatal neurocritical care considerations for prenatally identified neurological disorders. Pediatr Res. 2026.
Leijser LM, de Vries LS, Cizmeci MN. Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes and follow-up of germinal matrix-intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2026.
Musiime GM, Hendson L, Mohammad K, Kwong GPS, Riva-Cambrin J, Benlamri A, Tang S, Scott JN, Momin S, Zein H, Leijser LM. Neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants following progressive post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. J Perinatol. 2026.
Salah H, Stephenson N, Skiffington J, Leijser LM, Slater D, Metcalfe A. The association between neighborhood walkability and postpartum weight retention: A prospective cohort study. Public Health. 2026;254:106228. [P3 Cohort Data Analyzed]
Srajer A, Harris M, Santos J, Dalere J, King JA, Skiffington JC, Slater D, Leijser L, Metcalfe A. Obstetrical outcomes in pregnant patients following a gluten-free diet: A prospective cohort study. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2026. [P3 Cohort Data Analyzed]
Sultan P, Monks D, Sharawi N, Bamber J, Panelli D, Sauro KM, Shah P, Muraca G, Metcalfe A, Wood SL, Daly S, Blake L, Macones GA, Caughey AB, Wilson RDW, Nelson G. Guidelines for postoperative care in cesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations (Part 3) – 2025 update. AJOG 2026. 233(6): S184-S198
Wilson RD, Monks D, Sharawi N, Bamber J, Panelli D, Sauro KM, Shah P, Muraca G, Metcalfe A, Wood SL, Jago CA, Daly S, Blake L, Macones GA, Caughey AB, Sultan P, Nelson G. Guidelines for antenatal and pre-operative care in caesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations (Part 1) – 2025 update. AJOG 2026. 233(6): S153-169
2025
Baker K, Stephenson N, Cuthbert C, Rabi D, Metcalfe A. A Retrospective Analysis of Postpartum Glucose Testing Incidence by Prenatal Care Provider Specialty in a Canadian Gestational Diabetes Cohort. Can J Diabetes. 2025;49(4):263-270.e3.
Benham JL, Stephenson N, Metcalfe A, Donovan LE, Feig DS, Pylylpjuk C, Ruth C, Berger H, Sigurdson S, Shah BR, Yamamoto J. Gestational Diabetes Laboratory Testing in Alberta Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Can J Diabetes. 2025;49(3):213-217.e1.
Bukhari A, Dawoud Z, Tang S, Matthews M, Yusuf K, Hasan SU. Respiratory insufficiency, feeding issues and length of stay in 33-36 weeks post-menstrual age infants. Pediatr Res. Published online September 27, 2025.
El-Dib M, Abdelgadir D, Ahmad KA, Ayed M, Burnsed J, Chavez-Valdez R, Cizmeci MN, Craig A, Groenendaal F, Gunn AJ, Kitsommart R, Lancaster T, Lucke AM, Malhotra A, Marks JD, Mathur A, Mietzsch U, Mohammad K, Northington FJ, Peeples ES, Shany E, Sinha B, Steggerda SJ, Toso P, Weiss M, Zanelli S, Inder T. Benefits and risks of therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in late preterm infants. Pediatr Res. Published online September 18, 2025.
Fifen JJ, Siddique M, Lodha Ar, Walker A, Benlamri A, Tang S, Makarchuk S, Lodha A, McAllister D. Anesthesia, extremely premature infants and full-scale intelligence quotient at 5 years of age. Pediatr Res. 2025;98(5):1904-1911.
Gibson PS, Kealy AJ, Steckham KE, Windram JD, Metcalfe A, Graham MM. Pregnancy-Associated Myocardial Infarction in Alberta: A Population-Based Study. JACC Adv. 2025;4(2):101554.
Han YC, Shearer J, Mu C, Slater DM, Tough SC, Duggan GE. Comparative analysis of machine learning techniques in metabolomic-based preterm birth prediction. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2025;27:3240-3250.
Hornaday KK, Werbicki T, Tough SC, Wood SL, Anderson DW, Li C H, Slater DM. Machine learning for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth using early second and third trimester maternal blood gene expression: A cautionary tale. PLoS One. 2025;20(6):e0310937.
Lambert T, Stephenson N, Skiffington J, Slater D, Leijser LM, Metcalfe A. Impact of couple vs. individual participation in pregnancy research: A comparative analysis of participant characteristics and study retention. Ann Epidemiol. 2025;111:163-167. [P3 Cohort Data Analyzed]
Lipp R, Beltempo M, Lodha A, Weisz D, McKanna J, Matthews I, Ricci MF, Hicks M, Benlamri A, Mukerji A, Alvaro R, Ng E, Luu TM, Shah PS, Abou Mehrem A. 2025. Noninvasive Respiratory Support or Intubation during Stabilization after Birth and Neonatal and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants Born Preterm at 23-25 Weeks of Gestation. J Pediatr. 2025;276:114270.
MacKinnon AL, Freeman M, Silang K, Watts D, Keys E, Madsen J, Giesbrecht G, Williamson T, Metcalfe A, Campbell T, Mrklas K, Tomfohr-Madsen LM. 2025. Sleeping for Two: a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in pregnancy. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025;21(2):365-376.
Meijler G, Mohammad K. 2025. Neonatal brain injury: An illustrated guide for clinicians counselling parents and caregivers. 1st ed. Springer Nature Switzerland; 2024.
Metcalfe A, Cairncross ZF, McMorris CA, Friedenreich CM, Nelson G, Bhatti P, Fell DB, Lisonkova S, Sikdar KC, Shack L, Ray JG. Cancer chemotherapy in pregnancy and adverse pediatric outcomes: a population-based cohort study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025;117(3):554-561.
Metcalfe A, Cairncross ZF, Ray JG, Shack L, Nelson G, Friedenreich CM, Sikdar K, Lisonkova S, McMorris CA, Bhatti P, Fell DB. 2025. Procedural abortion, provider-initiated preterm delivery and survival in pregnant people with cancer: A population-based cohort study. BJOG. 2025;132(1):81-88.
Moitra S, Savu A, Annesi-Maesano I, Garcia-Aymerich J, Metcalfe A, Kaul P. Maternal Asthma and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes: An Analysis of 434,068 Pregnancies in Canada. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025;13(7):1836-1845.e6.
Musiime GM, Mohammad K, Momin S, Kwong GPS, Riva-Cambrin J, Scott J, Zein H, Hendson L, Leijser LM 2025. Prediction of post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation trajectory using a growth mixture model in preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2025;97(1):213-221.
Omidi A, Shamaei A, Aktar M, King R, Leijser L, Souza R. Improving skull-stripping for infant MRI via weakly supervised domain adaptation using adversarial learning. Comput Biol Med. 2025;196(Pt C):110903.
Pardo AC, Carrasco M, Wintermark P, Nunes D, Chock VY, Sen S, Wusthoff CJ, Newborn Brain Society, Guidelines and Publications Committee. Neuromonitoring practices for neonates with congenital heart disease: a scoping review. Pediatr Res. 2025;97(5):1492-1506.
Peeples ES, Mietzsch U, Molloy E, deVeber G, Mohammad K, Soul JS, Guez-Barber D, Pilon B, Chau V, Bonifacio S, Afifi J, Craig A, Wintermark P, Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee 2025. Data collection variability across neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy registries. Journal of Pediatrics 279: 114476.
Pekarsky C, Skiffington J, Chaput K, Slater D, Leijser LM, Metcalfe A. 2025. The impact of relationship factors on antenatal depression in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Birth. 2025;52(1):78-88. [P3 Cohort Data Analyzed]
Roychoudhury S, Tang S, Hasan SU, Fonseca K, Lodha A, Alshaikh B, Alawad E, Yusuf K. 2025. Season of conception and neurodevelopmental outcomes in singleton preterm infants less than 29 weeks gestation. Front Pediatr. 2025;13:1492429.
Stephenson N, McNeil DA, Prisnie K, Castillo E, Kuret V, Nerenberg K, Parmar R, Teare GF, Klein K, Metcalfe A. Impact of COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions on the Home Birth Trends in Alberta: An Observational Retrospective Cohort Study. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2025;47(9):103021.
Tougas S, Bhullar H, Stritzke A, Tang S, Makarchuk S, Lodha A. Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 5 Years in Preterm Infants Born at <27 Weeks’ Gestational Age following Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes. Am J Perinatol. 2026;43(6):839-846.
Verschuur AS, King R, Tax CMW, Boomsma MF, van Wezel-Meijler G, Leemans A, Leijser LM. Methodological considerations on diffusion MRI tractography in infants aged 0-2 years: a scoping review. Pediatr Res. 2025;97(3): 880-897.
Verschuur AS, Tax CMW, Nijholt IM, van Wezel-Meijler G, Hendson L, Zein H, Scotland J, King R, Mohammad K, Boomsma M F, Leemans A, Leijser LM. Diffusion MRI tractography with along-tract profiling reveals subtle neurodevelopmental differences between moderate and late preterm infants. Eur J Radiol. 2025;187:112098.
Verschuur AS, van Wezel-Meijler G, Low S, Nijholt IM, Metcalfe A, Skiffington J, Slater DM, Bergeron A, Fiedrich E, Boomsma MF, Tax CMW, Leemans A., Leijser LM. Trends in Term-Equivalent Age Brain Volumes in Infants Born Across the Gestational Age Spectrum. Children (Basel). 2025;12(8):1026. [P3 Cohort Brain Health Data Analyzed]
Wilson D, Breitbart S, DiFonzo L, Kelly E, Diambomba Y, Kajal D, Raghuram K, Wong S, Ng E, Church P, Asztalos E, Glanc P, Cisecki MN, Yankanah R, Traubici J, Leijser LM, Miller SP, Kulkarni AV, Ly L. Implementation of an early intervention strategy for post hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2025, Jul 25.
Wood EM, Hornaday KK, Newton M, Wang M, Wood SL, Slater DM. Urinary prostaglandin metabolites as biomarkers for human labour: Insights into future predictors. PLoS One. 2025;20(7):e0315484.
2024
Abou Mehrem A, Toye J, Beltempo M, et al. 2024. Process and Outcome Measures for Infants Born Moderate and Late Preterm in Tertiary Canadian Neonatal Intensive Care Units. J Pediatr, 269, 113976.
Han YC, Laketic K, Hornaday KK, Slater DM, Mu C, Tough SC, Shearer, J. 2024. Maternal Acylcarnitine Disruption as a Potential Predictor of Preterm Birth in Primigravida: A Preliminary Investigation. Nutrients 16(5):595.
Lodha Ar, Moser J, Walker A, Lodha Ab, Tang S, McAllister D. 2024. Association of epidural analgesia in labor with neurodevelopmental outcomes in premature infants born at <29 weeks of gestational age. J Perinatol. 44(4):548-553.
Okun N, Hoffman B, Johnson JA, Biringer A, Shapiro J, Felix C, Van Meighem T, Abassi N, Metcalfe A, Maxey C, Snelgrove JW. 2024. Implementation of multiple marker screening for preterm preeclampsia in single tertiary obstetric centre. JOGC 46(1):102220.
Abou Mehrem A, Beltempo M. 2024. Noninvasive Respiratory Support for Stabilization After Birth is a Safe Approach in Infants Who are Micropreterm. J Pediatr, 2025;277:114395
Bansal S, Molloy EJ, Rogers E, Bidegain M, Pilon B, Hurley T, Lemmon ME, Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. 2024. Families as partners in neonatal neuro-critical care programs. Pediatric Research 96(4): 912-921
Bhullar H, Stritzke A, Makarchuk S, Tang S, Lodha A. 2024. Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes at three years in preterm infants born before 29 Weeks gestation following Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM). J Perinatol. 2025;45(2):180-185.
Funk A, Stephenson N, McNeil D, Kuret V, Castillo E, Parmar R, Nerenberg K, Teare G, Klein K, Metcalfe A. 2024. Population-level changes in perinatal death for pregnancies prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pregnancy cohort analysis. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024;38(7):583-593.
Hornaday KK, Stephenson NL, Canning MT, Tough SC, Slater DM. 2024. Maternal cytokine profiles in second and early third trimester are not predictive of preterm birth. PLoS One. 2024;19(12):e0311721.
Journault MM, Leijser LM, McLeod SA, Tang S, Fiedrich E, Moe AM, Benlamri AA. 2024. Clinical characteristics influencing timing of cerebral palsy diagnosis in neonatal follow-up. Paediatr Child Health. 2024;30(3):126-133.
Lee S, Hetherington E, Leigh R, Ramage K, Metcalfe A. 2024. Impact of Asthma Medications During Pregnancy on Asthma Exacerbation, Maternal, and Neonatal Outcomes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2024;12(6):1549-1557.e3.
Lee S, Seow CH, Nerenberg K, Bertazzon S, Leung Y, Huang V, Whitten T, Coward S, Panaccione R, Kaplan GG, Metcalfe A. 2024. Despite Increased Disease Activity, Women who Attended a Dedicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pregnancy Clinic Had Infants With Higher Apgar Scores: A Population-Based Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024;30(7):1071-1079.
Omidi A, Shamaei A, Verschuur A, King R, Leijser L, Souza R. 2024. Unsupervised Domain Adaptation of Brain MRI Skull Stripping Trained on Adult Data to Newborns: Combining Synthetic Data with Domain Invariant Features. Proc Mach Learn Res. 250:1063–1075.
Stephenson N, Tough S, McMorris C, Williamson T, McDonald S, Metcalfe A. 2024. Childcare use and the social-emotional and behavioural outcomes of late-preterm and early-term born children at age 5: An analysis of the All Our Families longitudinal cohort. Can J Public Health. 2024;115(6):980-991.
Verschuur AS, King R, Tax CMW, Boomsma MF, van Wezel-Meijler G, Leemans A, Leijser LM. 2024. Methodological considerations on diffusion MRI tractography in infants aged 0-2 years: a scoping review. Pediatr Res. 2025;97(3):880-897.
Verschuur AS, Tax CMW, Boomsma MF, Carlson HL, van Wezel-Meijler G, King R, Leemans A, Leijser LM. 2024. Feasibility study to unveil the potential: considerations of constrained spherical deconvolution tractography with unsedated neonatal diffusion brain MRI data. Front Radiol. 2024;4:1416672.
2023
Abou Mehrem, A., Toye, J., Aziz, K., Benzies, K., Alshaikh, B., Johnson, D., Faris, P., Soraisham, A., McNeil, D., Al Hamarneh, Y. N., Foss, K., Foulston, C., Johns, C., Zimmermann, G. L., Zein, H., Hendson, L., Kumaran, K., Price, D., Singhal, N., & Shah, P. S. 2023. Alberta Collaborative Quality Improvement Strategies to Improve Outcomes of Moderate and Late Preterm Infants (ABC-QI) Trial: a protocol for a multicentre, stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. CMAJ Open, 11(3), E397–E403.
Calvert C, Brockway MM, Zoega H et al 2023. Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries. Nat Hum Behav. 2023 Feb 27.
Chaput KH, Freeman M, McMorris C, Metcalfe A, Cameron EE, Jung J, Tough S, Hicks LM, Dimidjian S, Tomfohr-Madsen LM. 2023. Effect of Remote Peer-Counsellor- delivered Behavioral Activation and Peer-support for Antenatal Depression on Gestational Age at Delivery: a single-blind, randomized control trial. Trials 2023 Mar 30;24(1):240.
Doucette SM, Tang S, Kehler H, Creighton D, Lodha A. 2023. Utility of the 21-month neurodevelopmental outcome for predicting neurodevelopmental impairment at 36 months for preterm infants <29 weeks gestation. J Perinatol. 43:1406–1412.
Johnson J, Walsh J, Pastuck M, Metcalfe A, Maxey CM, Soliman N, Mahallati H, Kuret VH, Dwinnell SJ, Chadha R, O’Quinn CP, Schachar J, Somerset DA, Paterson K, Suchet IB, Silang KA, Paul H, Nerenberg K, Okun NB, Johnson DW. 2023. The implementation of preeclampsia screening and prevention (IMPRESS Study). Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 5(2):100815.
Journault M, Murthy P, Bensal N, Tang S, Al Awad E, Creighton D, Newman J, Lodha A. 2023. The association of maternal overweight on long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in premature infants (<29 weeks) at 18-24 months corrected age. J Perinatol. 43(11):1413-1419.
King R, Low S, Gee N, Wood R, Hadweh B, Houghton J, Leijser LM. 2023. Practical Stepwise Approach to Performing Neonatal Brain MR Imaging in the Research Setting. Children (Basel) 10(11):1759
Lee S, Seow CH, Nerenberg K, Bertazzon S, Leung Y, Huang V, Whitten T, Coward S, Panaccione R, Kaplan GG, Metcalfe A. 2023. Despite Increased Disease Activity, Women who Attended a Dedicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pregnancy Clinic Had Infants with Higher Apgar Scores: A Population-Based Study. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, izad147.
Nath N, Beltrano W, Haynes L, Dewey D, Bray S. 2023. Long-Term Effects of Preterm Birth on Children’s Brain Structure: An Analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. eNeuro. 10(6):ENEURO.0196-22.2023.
Matenchuk BA, Rosychuk R, Rowe BH, Metcalfe A, Chari R, Crawford S, Jelinski S, Serrano-Lomelin J, Ospina MB. 2023. Emergency department visits during pregnancy. Annals of Emergency Medicine 81(2): 197-208
Srajer A, Roychoudhury S, Tang S, Hasan S, Momin S, Hendson L, Alshaikh B, Yusuf K. 2023. Postnatal acetaminophen exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18–21 months corrected gestational age in preterm infants <29 weeks gestation: a retrospective cohort study. Pediatric research, 10.1038/s41390-023-02901-x.
Stephenson N, Metcalfe A, McDonald S, Williamson T, McMorris C, Tough S. 2023. The association of gestational age at birth with trajectories of early childhood developmental delay among late preterm and early term born children: A longitudinal analysis of All Our Families pregnancy cohort. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2023;10.1111/ppe.12965.
Stephenson N, Tough S, Williamson T, McDonald S, McMorris C, Metcalfe A. 2023. Early childhood trajectories of domain-specific developmental delay and gestational age at birth: an analysis of the All Our Families cohort. PLOS One 18(12):e0294522.
Thomas S, Jain S, Murthy P, Joseph C, Soraisham A, Tang S, Dosani A, Lodha A. 2023. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants born <29 weeks with bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension: A multicenter study. American Journal of Perinatology, 10.1055/a-2121-8878.
Wai JY, Wood EM, Hornaday KK, Slater DM. 2023. Potential molecular and cellular mechanisms for adverse placental outcomes in pregnancies complicated by SARS-CoV-2 infection-A scoping review. PLoS One. 2023 Mar 23;18(3):e0283453.
Wasylak T, Benzies K, McNeil D, Zanoni P, Osiowy K, Mullie T, Chuck A. 2023. Creating Value Through Learning Health Systems: The Alberta Strategic Clinical Network Experience. Nursing administration quarterly, 47(1), 20–30.
Xie EB, Jung JW, Kaur J, Benzies KM, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Keys E. 2023. Digital Parenting Interventions for Fathers of Infants from Conception to the Age of 12 Months: Systematic Review of Mixed Methods Studies. J Med Internet Res. 25:e43219.
2022
Benlamri A, Murthy P, Zein H, Thomas S, Scott JN, Abou Mehrem A, Esser M, Lodha A, Noort J, Tang S, Metcalfe C, Kowal D, Irvine L, Scotland J, Leijser LM, Mohammad K. 2022. Neuroprotection care bundle implementation is associated with improved long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely premature infants. J Perinatol 42, 1380–1384.
Cairncross ZF, Couloigner I, Ryan MC, McMorris C, Muehlenbachs L, Nikolaou N, Wong RC, Hawkins SM, Bertazzon S, Cabaj J, Metcalfe A. 2002. Association Between Residential Proximity to Hydraulic Fracturing Sites and Adverse Birth Outcomes. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Apr 4.
Dien R, Benzies KM, Zanoni P, Kurilova J. 2022. Alberta Family Integrated Care™ and Standard Care: A Qualitative Study of Mothers’ Experiences of their Journeying to Home from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Glob Qual Nurs Res. 9:23333936221097113.
Felske L, Castillo E, Kuret V, Metcalfe A. 2022. Comparing adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes of sexually transmitted infections and co-infections in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 36(4):556-565
Grant-Orser A, Metcalfe A, Pope JE, Johannson KA. 2022. Pregnancy Considerations for Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease. Chest. 162(5):1093-1105.
Gurram Venkata SKR, Srivastava A, Murthy P, Scott JN, Zein H, Leijser L, Ghosh A, Momin S, Thomas S, Mohammad K. 2022. Hemodynamic Quality Improvement Bundle to Reduce the Use of Inotropes in Extreme Preterm Neonates. Paediatr Drugs 24(3):259-267.
Hornaday KK, Wood EM, Slater DM. 2022. Is there a maternal blood biomarker that can predict spontaneous preterm birth prior to labour onset? A systematic review. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 4;17(4):e0265853.
Koch AK, Burger RJ, Schuit E, Fernando Mateus J, Goya M, Carreras E, Bianocolin S, Barzilay E, Soliman N, Cooper S, Metcalfe A, Lodha A, Fichera A, Stagnati V, Kawamura H, Rustico M, Munim S, Russo F, Nassar A, Rode L, Lim A, Liem S, Grantz K, Hack K, Tang S, Combs A, Serra V, Perales A, Khalil A, Barrett J, Ganzevoort W, Gordign SJ, Morris RK, Mol BW, Li W. 2022. Timing of delivery for twins affected by growth discordance and growth restriction: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol. 139(6):1155-1167.
Krüse-Ruijter MF, Boswinkel V, Consoli A, Nijholt IM, Boomsma MF, de Vries LS, van Wezel-Meijler G, Leijser LM. 2022. Neurological Surveillance in Moderate-Late Preterm Infants—Results from a Dutch–Canadian Survey. Children 9(6):846.
Lithgow K, Buchholz V, D’Aubeterre A, Ku E, Konschuh S, and Sycuro LK. 2022. Protease activities of vaginal Porphyromonas species disrupt coagulation and extracellular matrix in the cervicovaginal niche. npj Biofilms & Microbiomes, 2022; 8(1):8.
Matenchuk BA, Rosychuk RJ, Rowe BH, Metcalfe A, Chari R, Crawford S, Jelinski S, Serrano-Lomelin J, Ospina MB. 2022. Emergency department visits during the postpartum period: A Canadian cohort study. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2022;79(6):543-553.
Moe AM, Kurilova J, Afzal AR, Benzies KM. 2022. Effects of Alberta Family Integrated Care (FICare) on Preterm Infant Development: Two Studies at 2 Months and between 6 and 24 Months Corrected Age. J Clin Med. 2022;11(6):1684.
Mohammad K, Momin S, Murthy P, Zein H, Scott JN, Mehrem AA, Ghosh A, Javadyan A, Awad EA, Venkata SKRG, Paul R, Rombough B, Bolderheij L, Dossani S, Montpetit J, Eshemokhai P, Fiedrich E, Thomas S. 2022. Impact of quality improvement outreach education on the incidence of acute brain injury in transported neonates born premature. J Perinatol. 2022 May 4.
Pekarsky C, Skiffington J, Leijser LM, Slater D, Metcalfe A. 2022. Social Media Recruitment Strategies to Recruit Pregnant Women into a Longitudinal Observational Cohort Study: Usability Study. J Med Internet Res. 24(12):e40298.
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Raffe-Devine J, Somerset DA, Metcalfe A, Cairncross ZF. 2022. Maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes of elective fetal reduction among multiple gestation pregnancies: a systematic review. JOGC 44(1): P60-P70.E12.
Ringham C, McNeil D, Benzies KM. 2022. The Work of Mothering in the NICU: A Critical Analysis of Alberta Family Integrated Care Parent Journals. Adv Neonatal Care. 2022;22(4):E112-E119.
Shafey A, Benzies K, Amin R, Stelfox HT, Shah V. 2022. Fathers’ Experiences in Alberta Family Integrated Care: A Qualitative Study. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 36(4):371-379.
Tomfohr-Madsen LM, Roos LE, Madsen JW, Leason J, Singla DR, Charlebois J, Tomasi P, Chaput KH. 2022. Peer-Led Psychotherapy: The Time Is Now. J Clin Psychiatry. 83(3):21lr14366a.
2021
Adhikari K, Patten SB, Patel AB, Premji S, Tough S, Letourneau N, Giesbrecht G, Metcalfe A. 2021. Data Harmonization and Data Pooling from Cohort Studies: A Practical Approach for Data Management. International Journal of Population Data Science 6(1):1680.
Adhikari K, Patten SB, Williamson T, Patel AB, Premji S, Tough S, Letourneau N, Giesbrecht G, Metcalfe A. 2021. Assessment of anxiety during pregnancy: are existing multiple anxiety scales suitable and comparable in measuring anxiety during pregnancy? Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology 42(2):140-146.
Assis Z, Kirton A, Pauranik A, Sherriff M, Wei XC. Idiopathic Neonatal Subpial Hemorrhage with Underlying Cerebral Infarct: Imaging Features and Clinical Outcome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2021 Jan;42(1):185-193.
Dunbar MJ, Woodward K, Leijser LM, Kirton A. Antenatal diagnosis of fetal intraventricular hemorrhage: systematic review and meta-analysis. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Feb;63(2):144-155.
Fenton TR, Nasser R, Creighton D, Tang S, Sauve R, Bilan D, Fenton CJ, Eliasziw M. Weight, length, and head circumference at 36 weeks are not predictive of later cognitive impairment in very preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2021 Mar;41(3):606-614.
Hetherington E, Adhikari K, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Patten SB, Metcalfe A. 2021. Birth outcomes, pregnancy complications, and mental health after the 2013 Calgary flood: a difference in difference analysis. PLOS One 16(2): e0246670.
MacKinnon AL, Madsen JW, Giesbrecht GF, Campbell T, Carlson LE, Dimidjian S. Letourneau N, Tough S, Tomfohr-Madsen L. Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Pregnancy on Psychological Distress and Gestational Age: Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Mindfulness. 2021.
McNeil, DA, Benzies, KM, Zanoni, P, Kurilova J. Alberta Family Integrated Care (FICare)™: From engaged clinicians in a cluster randomized controlled trial to health system partnership in scale and spread across a province. In: McCutcheon C, Reszel J, Kothari A, Graham ID, editors. How We Work Together: The Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network Casebook. 2021. Volume 4, 16-19. Ottawa, ON: Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network. Available here.
Mitra S, Jain A, Ting JY, Ben Fadel N, Drolet C, Abou Mehrem A, Soraisham A, Jasani B, Louis D, Lapointe A, Dorling J, Khurshid F, Hyderi A, Kumaran K, Bodani J, Weisz D, Alvaro R, Adie M, Stavel M, Morin A, Bhattacharya S, Kanungo J, Canning R, Ye XY, Hatfield T, Gardner CE, Shah P. Relative effectiveness and safety of pharmacotherapeutic agents for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants: a protocol for a multicentre comparative effectiveness study (CANRxPDA). BMJ Open. 2021 May 5;11(5):e050682.
Mohammad K, Scott JN, Leijser LM, Zein H, Afifi J, Piedboeuf B, de Vries LS, van Wezel-Meijler G, Lee SK, Shah PS. Consensus Approach for Standardizing the Screening and Classification of Preterm Brain Injury Diagnosed With Cranial Ultrasound: A Canadian Perspective. Front Pediatr. 2021 Mar 8;9:618236.
Nahirney M, Chaput K, Metcalfe A. Assessing the role of maternal race on the prediction of NICU admission by three neonatal growth standards: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2021;34(8):1233-1240.
Nieuwets A, Cizmeci MN, Groenendaal F, Leijser LM, Koopman C, Benders MJNL, Dudink J, de Vries LS, van der Aa NE. 2021. Post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation affects white matter maturation in extremely preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2021 Aug 26.
Qureshi M, Shah PS, Abdelgadir D, Ye XY, Afifi J, Yuen R, Crossman SC, Taylor B, Mohammad K, Piedboeuf B, Aziz K. Canadian Neonatal Network investigators. Gestational Age-Dependent Variations in Effects of Prophylactic Indomethacin on Brain Injury and Intestinal Injury. J Pediatr. 2021 Mar 7:S0022-3476(21)00216-X.
Ramage K, Tough S, Scott C, McLaughlin AM, Metcalfe A. 2021. Trends in adolescent rapid repeat pregnancy in Canada. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada 43(5):589-595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2020.09.024
Roychoudhury S, Lodha A, Synnes A, Abou Mehrem A, Canning R, Banihani R, Beltempo M, Theriault K, Yang J, Shah PS, Soraisham AS. 2021. Canadian Neonatal Network; Canadian Preterm Birth Network; Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network Investigators. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants conceived by assisted reproductive technology. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 225(3):276.e1-276.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2021.03.027
Scime NV, Metcalfe A, Nettel-Aguirre A, Tough SC, Chaput KH. 2021. Association of prenatal medical risk with breastfeeding outcomes up to 12 months in a community-based birth cohort. International Breastfeeding Journal 16:69.
Wood EM, Hornaday KK, Slater DM (2021) Prostaglandins in biofluids in pregnancy and labour: A systematic review. PLOS ONE 16(11): e0260115.
Zanoni, P., Scime, N. V., Benzies, K. M., McNeil, D. A., Mrklas, K. (2021). Facilitators and barriers to implementation of Alberta Family Integrated Care (FICare) in Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU): a qualitative process evaluation sub-study of a multi-centre cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). BMJ Open 2021;11:e054938.
Zein H, Mohammad K, Leijser LM, Brundler MA, Kirton A, Esser MJ. Cord Blood Cytokine Levels Correlate With Types of Placental Pathology in Extremely Preterm Infants. Front Pediatr. 2021 Mar 11;9:607684.
2020
Adhikari K, Patten SB, Williamson T, Patel AB, Premji S, Tough S, Letourneau N, Giesbrecht G, Metcalfe A. Neighbourhood socioeconomic status modifies the association between anxiety and depression during pregnancy and preterm birth: a community-based Canadian cohort study. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e031035.
Benzies KM, Aziz K, Shah V, Isaranuwatchai W, Scotland J, Larocque J, Mrklas KJ, Naugler C, Stelfox HT, Chari R, Soraisham A, Akierman AR, Phillipos E, Amin H, Hoch J, Zanoni P, Kurilova J, Lodha A, the Alberta Family Integrated Care (FICare) Team. Effectiveness of Alberta Family Integrated Care (FICare) in Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) on infant and maternal outcomes: a provincial, pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics, 2020; 20:535.
Brockway, M, Benzies, KM, Carr E, Aziz K. Does breastfeeding self-efficacy theory apply to mothers of moderate and late preterm infants? A qualitative exploration. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2020; 29, 2872–2885.
Cairncross ZF, Chaput KH, McMorris C, Ospina M, Brown HK, Metcalfe A. Roles of the underlying cause of delivery and gestational age on long-term child health. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2020; 34(3):331-340.
Cizmeci MN, de Vries LS, Ly LG, van Haastert IC, Groenendaal F, Kelly EN, Traubici J, Whyte HE, Leijser LM. Periventricular Hemorrhagic Infarction in Very Preterm Infants: Characteristic Sonographic Findings and Association with Neurodevelopmental Outcome at Age 2 Years. J Pediatr. 2020; Feb;217:79-85.e1.
Jijon H, Ueno A, Sharifi N, Leung Y, Ghosh S, Seow CH. Elevated interferon-gamma levels during pregnancy are associated with adverse maternofetal outcomes in IBD. Gut. 2020 Oct;69(10):1895-1897.
Leijser LM, Scott JN, Roychoudhury S, Zein H, Murthy P, Thomas SP, Mohammad K; Calgary Neonatal Neuro-Critical Care Program. Post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation: inter-observer reliability of ventricular size measurements in extremely preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2020 Nov 12.
Mackay L, Benzies K, Barnard C, Raffin Bouchal S. 2020. Health Care Professionals’ Experiences of Providing Care to Hospitalized Medically Fragile Infants and Their Parents. J Pediatr Nurs. 53:14-21.
Mohammad K, Murthy P, Aguinaga F, Fajardo C, Eguiguren L, Castro Y, Guzman V, Scott JN, Chan S, Soraisham A, Stritzke A, Al Awad E, Kamaluddeen M, Thomas S. Sonographic Clinical Assessment of the Newborn Group. Simulation-Based Structured Education Supports Focused Neonatal Cranial Ultrasound Training. J Ultrasound Med. 2020 Jun;39(6):1195-1201.
Murthy P, Zein H, Thomas S, Scott JN, Abou Mehrem A, Esser MJ, Lodha A, Metcalfe C, Kowal D, Irvine L, Scotland J, Leijser L, Mohammad K. Neuroprotection Care Bundle Implementation to Decrease Acute Brain Injury in Preterm Infants. Pediatr Neurol. 2020 Sep;110:42-48.
Ross KM, Carroll JE, Horvath S, Hobel CJ, Coussons-Read ME, Dunkel Schetter C. Epigenetic age and pregnancy outcomes: GrimAge acceleration is associated with shorter gestational length and lower birthweight. Clin Epigenetics. 2020 Aug 6;12(1):120.
Scime N, Chaput KH, Farris P, Quan H, Tough SC, Metcalfe A. Pregnancy complications and risk of preterm birth according to maternal age: a population-based study of delivery hospitalizations in Alberta. Acta Obstétrica Gynocologica Scandinavica 2020; 99(4):459-468.
Young JM, Vandewouw MM, Whyte HEA, Leijser LM, Taylor MJ. Resilience and Vulnerability: Neurodevelopment of Very Preterm Children at Four Years of Age. Front Hum Neurosci. 2020 Jul 14;14:219.
2019
Adhikari K, Patten SB, Williamson T, Patel AB, Premji S, Tough S, Letourneau N, Giesbrecht G, Metcalfe A. Does neighbourhood socioeconomic status predict the risk of preterm birth? A community-based Canadian cohort study. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e025341.
Benzies K, Shah V, Aziz K, Lodha A, Misfeldt R. The health care system is making ‘too much noise’ to provide family-centred care in neonatal intensive care units: Perspectives of health care providers and hospital administrators. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2019; 60, 44-53.
Brockway M, Benzies K, Carr E, Aziz K. Breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastmilk feeding for moderate and late preterm infants in the Family Integrated Care trial: A mixed methods protocol. International Breastfeeding Journal, 2019; 13, 29.
Leijser LM, de Vries LS. Preterm brain injury: Germinal matrix-intraventricular hemorrhage and post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. Handb Clin Neurol. 2019;162:173-199. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64029-1.00008-4. PMID: 31324310.
Ross KM, Carroll JE, Dunkel Schetter C, Hobel C, Cole SW. Pro-inflammatory immune cell gene expression during the third trimester of pregnancy is associated with shorter gestational length and lower birthweight. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2019 Dec;82(6):e13190.
Ross KM, Dunkel Schetter C, McLemore MR, Chambers BD, Paynter RA, Baer R, Feuer SK, Flowers E, Karasek D, Pantell M, Prather AA, Ryckman K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. Socioeconomic Status, Preeclampsia Risk and Gestational Length in Black and White Women. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2019 Dec;6(6):1182-1191.
Scime NV, Gavarkovs AG, Chaput KH. The effect of skin-to-skin care on postpartum depression among mothers of preterm or low birthweight infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2019 Jun 15; 253:376-384.
Tomfohr-Madsen L, Cameron EE, Dunkel Schetter C, Campbell T, O’Beirne M, Letourneau N, Giesbrecht GF. Pregnancy anxiety and preterm birth: The moderating role of sleep. Health Psychol. 2019 Nov;38(11):1025-1035.