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Hector Mendez-Figueroa
Researcher at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Publications - 109
Citations - 1870
Hector Mendez-Figueroa is an academic researcher from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 86 publications receiving 1142 citations. Previous affiliations of Hector Mendez-Figueroa include University of Texas at Austin & University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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Disease Severity and Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnant Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Torri D. Metz,Rebecca G. Clifton,Brenna L. Hughes,Grecio Sandoval,George R. Saade,William A. Grobman,Tracy A. Manuck,Menachem Miodovnik,Amber Sowles,Kelly Clark,Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman,Hector Mendez-Figueroa,Harish M. Sehdev,Dwight J. Rouse,Alan T.N. Tita,Jennifer L. Bailit,Maged M. Costantine,Hyagriv N. Simhan,George A. Macones +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted an observational cohort study of all pregnant patients with a singleton gestation and a positive test result for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) who delivered at 1 of 33 U.S. hospitals in 14 states from March 1 to July 31, 2020.
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Prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage: a comparison of 4 national guidelines.
Joshua D. Dahlke,Hector Mendez-Figueroa,Lindsay Maggio,Alisse Hauspurg,Jeffrey D. Sperling,Suneet P. Chauhan,Dwight J. Rouse +6 more
TL;DR: Substantial variation exists in PPH prevention and management guidelines among 4 national organizations that highlights the need for better evidence and more consistent synthesis of the available evidence with regard to a leading cause of maternal death.
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Trauma in pregnancy: an updated systematic review
TL;DR: More studies are required to elucidate the safest and most cost-effective strategies for the management of trauma in pregnancy and to avoid underdiagnosis or undertreatment of trauma due to unfounded fears of fetal effects.
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Evidence-based surgery for cesarean delivery: an updated systematic review.
Joshua D. Dahlke,Hector Mendez-Figueroa,Dwight J. Rouse,Vincenzo Berghella,Jason K. Baxter,Suneet P. Chauhan +5 more
TL;DR: Although 73 RCTs over the past 8 years is encouraging, additional well-designed, adequately powered trials on the specific technical aspects of CD are warranted.
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Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection With Serious Maternal Morbidity and Mortality From Obstetric Complications.
Torri D. Metz,Rebecca G. Clifton,Brenna L. Hughes,Grecio Sandoval,William A. Grobman,George R. Saade,Tracy A. Manuck,Monica Longo,A. Sowles,Kelly S. Clark,Hyagriv N. Simhan,Dwight J. Rouse,Hector Mendez-Figueroa,Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman,Jennifer L. Bailit,Maged M. Costantine,Harish M. Sehdev,Alan T.N. Tita,George A. Macones +18 more
TL;DR: Among pregnant and postpartum individuals at 17 US hospitals, SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with an increased risk for a composite outcome of maternal mortality or serious morbidity from obstetric complications.