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Risk of first venous thromboembolism in pregnant women in hospital: population based cohort study from England (2013)
Journal Article

Objective: To examine the potential for preventing venous thromboembolism during and after antepartum hospital admissions in pregnant women. Design: Cohort study using linked primary (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) and secondary (Hospital E... Read More about Risk of first venous thromboembolism in pregnant women in hospital: population based cohort study from England.

Risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: a case–control study using routinely collected data (2013)
Journal Article

Scald injury is common, accounting for half of all burns in pre-school children. Most scalds are preventable and health professionals can play an important role in targeting interventions to those at greatest risk. However, the potential for routinel... Read More about Risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: a case–control study using routinely collected data.

Limited risks of major congenital anomalies in children of mothers with IBD and effects of medications (2013)
Journal Article

Background & aims: Concerns persist about the risk of major congenital anomalies in children of women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and whether medication use affects risk. We assessed these risks, and variations in use of medications by wom... Read More about Limited risks of major congenital anomalies in children of mothers with IBD and effects of medications.

Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data (2013)
Journal Article

Background: Given the health impacts of smoking during pregnancy and the opportunity for primary healthcare teams to encourage pregnant smokers to quit, we assessed the completeness of gestational smoking status recording in primary care data and inv... Read More about Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data.

The incidence of first venous thromboembolism in and around pregnancy using linked primary and secondary care data: a population based cohort study from England and comparative meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article

Background: Recent linkage between primary and secondary care data has provided valuable information for studying heath outcomes that may initially present in different health care settings. The aim of this study was therefore, twofold: to use linke... Read More about The incidence of first venous thromboembolism in and around pregnancy using linked primary and secondary care data: a population based cohort study from England and comparative meta-analysis.