Publications
Fetoscopic laser coagulation of the vascular equator versus selective coagulation for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: an open-label randomised controlled trial KU Leuven
Specialist health care services use in a European cohort of infants born very preterm Vrije Universiteit Brussel
AIM: Children born very preterm require additional specialist care because of the health and developmental risks associated with preterm birth, but information on their health service use is sparse. We sought to describe the use of specialist services by children born very preterm in Europe.
METHOD: We analysed data from the multi-regional, population-based Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe (EPICE) cohort of births before ...
Prenatal vs postnatal diagnosis of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: cardiac and noncardiac outcomes through 1 year of age. KU Leuven
Exploring the health and wellbeing of adolescents living with HIV as they grow into adulthood University of Antwerp
Implementation of evidence-based antenatal care in Mozambique Institute of Tropical Medicine Ghent University
BACKGROUND: Antenatal care (ANC) reduces maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality directly through the detection and treatment of pregnancy-related illnesses, and indirectly through the detection of women at increased risk of delivery complications. The potential benefits of quality antenatal care services are most significant in low-resource countries where morbidity and mortality levels among women of reproductive age and neonates are ...
Associations of Body Mass Index (maternal BMI) and gestational diabetes mellitus with neonatal and maternal pregnancy outcomes in a multicentre european database (Diabetes and Pregnancy Vitamin D and Lifestyle Intervention for Gestational Diabetes Mellitu KU Leuven
Nationwide population-based cohort study of uterine rupture in Belgium: results from the Belgian Obstetric Surveillance System KU Leuven Ghent University
Health-related quality of life of children born very preterm University of Antwerp
Induction of labour versus expectant management for large-for-date fetuses Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Macrosomic fetuses are at increased risk of shoulder dystocia. We aimed to compare induction of labour with expectant management for large-for-date fetuses for prevention of shoulder dystocia and other neonatal and maternal morbidity associated with macrosomia.
METHODS: We did this pragmatic, randomised controlled trial between Oct 1, 2002, and Jan 1, 2009, in 19 tertiary-care centres in France, Switzerland, and Belgium. ...