American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 56.e1-56.e6, January 2009

Can a prediction model for vaginal birth after cesarean also predict the probability of morbidity related to a trial of labor?

  • William A. Grobman, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Yinglei Lai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Washington, DC
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  • Mark B. Landon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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  • Catherine Y. Spong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
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  • Kenneth J. Leveno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • Dwight J. Rouse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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  • Michael W. Varner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Atef H. Moawad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Steve N. Caritis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Margaret Harper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Ronald J. Wapner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Yoram Sorokin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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  • Menachem Miodovnik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, and Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Marshall Carpenter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Mary J. O'Sullivan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Miami, Miami, FL
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  • Baha M. Sibai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
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  • Oded Langer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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  • John M. Thorp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Susan M. Ramin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX
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  • Brian M. Mercer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network

Received 20 February 2008; received in revised form 25 April 2008; accepted 12 June 2008. published online 26 September 2008.

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 Cite this article as: Grobman WA, Lai Y, Landon MB, et al. Can a prediction model for vaginal birth after cesarean also predict the probability of morbidity related to a trial of labor? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:56.e1-56.e6.

 This study was supported by Grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD21410, HD21414, HD27860, HD27861, HD27869, HD27905, HD27915, HD27917, HD34116, HD34122, HD34136, HD34208, HD34210, HD40500, HD40485, HD40544, HD40545, HD40560, HD40512, and HD36801).

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(08)00660-1

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.039

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 56.e1-56.e6, January 2009

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