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F. Carol Bruce

Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications -  21
Citations -  2216

F. Carol Bruce is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Population. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 21 publications receiving 1996 citations.

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Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 2006-2010.

TL;DR: Pregnancy-related mortality ratios increased with maternal age for all women and within all age groups, non-Hispanic black women had the highest risk of dying from pregnancy complications, and the increasing contribution of chronic diseases to pregnancy- related mortality suggests a change in risk profile of the birthing population.
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Maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States: where are we now?

TL;DR: The article presents the latest data and trends in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, as well as on maternal substance abuse and mental health disorders during pregnancy, two relatively recent topics of interest in the Division of Reproductive Health.
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Association between obesity during pregnancy and increased use of health care.

TL;DR: Most of the increase in length of stay associated with higher BMI was related to increased rates of cesarean delivery and obesity-related high-risk conditions.
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Excessive Gestational Weight Gain and Postpartum Weight Retention Among Obese Women

TL;DR: Incremental increases in gestational weight gain beyond the current recommendation for obese women substantially increase the risk of weight retention at 1 year postpartum.
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Development of an algorithm to identify pregnancy episodes in an integrated health care delivery system.

TL;DR: This pregnancy episode grouper algorithm takes advantage of databases readily available in IHDS, and has important applications for health system management and clinical care and can be used in other settings for ongoing surveillance and research on pregnancy outcomes, pregnancy-related morbidities, costs, and care patterns.