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Michael J. Lucas
Researcher at University of Texas at Austin
Publications - 64
Citations - 4097
Michael J. Lucas is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Gestational age. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 61 publications receiving 3964 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael J. Lucas include University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston & University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
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A Comparison of Magnesium Sulfate with Phenytoin for the Prevention of Eclampsia
TL;DR: Magnesium sulfate is superior to phenytoin for the prevention of eclampsia in hypertensive pregnant women, and these results validate the long-practiced use of magnesium sulfate in the Prevention of eClampsia.
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational diabetes compared with the general obstetric population
TL;DR: It is estimated that approximately one of eight women with class A1 gestational diabetes mellitus delivers an LGA infant attributable to glucose intolerance, leading to increased risk of difficult labor and delivery.
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Randomized trial of epidural versus intravenous analgesia during labor
Susan M. Ramin,David R. Gambling,Michael J. Lucas,Shiv K. Sharma,J. E. Sidawi,Kenneth J. Leveno +5 more
TL;DR: Although labor epidural analgesia is superior to meperidine for pain relief, labor is prolonged, uterine infection is increased, and the number of operative deliveries are increased.
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Thyrotoxicosis complicating pregnancy
Lowell E. Davis,Lowell E. Davis,Michael J. Lucas,Michael J. Lucas,Gary D.V. Hankins,Gary D.V. Hankins,Micki Roark,Micki Roark,F. Gary Cunningham,F. Gary Cunningham +9 more
TL;DR: Aggressive medical therapy seems appropriate, especially when pregnancy is advanced, because there were minimal adverse effects from therapy described here and because uncontrolled thyrotoxicosis caused significant maternal and perinatal morbidity.
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Cesarean delivery: a randomized trial of epidural versus patient-controlled meperidine analgesia during labor.
Shiv K. Sharma,J. Elaine Sidawi,Susan M. Ramin,Michael J. Lucas,Kenneth J. Leveno,F. Gary Cunningham +5 more
TL;DR: Evaluating the effects of epidural analgesia on the rate of cesarean deliveries by providing a suitable alternative: patient-controlled intravenous analgesia found it not associated with increased numbers of cedarean delivery when compared with a suitableAlternative method of analgesia.