Susan Walker

Reduced growth velocity from the mid-trimester is associated with placental insufficiency in fetuses born at a normal birthweight.

Lucy M Kennedy, Stephen Tong, Alice J Robinson, Richard J Hiscock, Lisa Hui, Kirsten M Dane, Anna L Middleton, Susan P Walker, Teresa M MacDonald

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND: Fetal growth restriction (FGR) due to placental insufficiency is a major risk factor for stillbirth. While small-for-g..

MicroRNAs 363 and 149 are differentially expressed in the maternal circulation preceding a diagnosis of preeclampsia

Carole-Anne Whigham, Teresa M MacDonald, Susan P Walker, Richard Hiscock, Natalie J Hannan, Natasha Pritchard, Ping Cannon, Vi Nguyen Tuong, Manisha Miranda, Stephen Tong, Tu'uhevaha J Kaitu'u-Lino

Journal article  |  2020  |  Scientific Reports

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication associated with angiogenic dysbalance, maternal endothelial dysfunction and end-organ inj..

The historical aspects of vaccination in pregnancy.

David William Mackin, Susan P Walker

Journal article  |  2020  |  Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology

As we live through the history-making pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is timely to consider the lessons that h..

Appropriate-for-gestational-age infants who exhibit reduced antenatal growth velocity display postnatal catch-up growth

Emma J McLaughlin, Richard J Hiscock, Alice J Robinson, Lisa Hui, Stephen Tong, Kirsten M Dane, Anna L Middleton, Susan P Walker, Teresa M MacDonald

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS One

BACKGROUND: Postnatally, small-for-gestational-age (SGA; birthweight 20 customised estimated fetal weight centiles), and AGA-NG to..

The effect of body position on maternal cardiovascular function during sleep and wakefulness in late pregnancy

Anna Ishkova, Danielle L Wilson, Mark E Howard, Susan P Walker, Maree Barnes, Christian L Nicholas, Amy S Jordan

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

INTRODUCTION: An association between the increased risk of late stillbirth and the maternal supine sleeping position has been rece..

Consider pregnancy in COVID-19 therapeutic drug and vaccine trials

Clare L Whitehead, Susan P Walker

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet

Circulating mRNAs are differentially expressed in pregnancies with severe placental insufficiency and at high risk of stillbirth

Natalie J Hannan, Owen Stock, Rebecca Spencer, Clare Whitehead, Anna L David, Katie Groom, Scott Petersen, Amanda Henry, Joanne M Said, Sean Seeho, Stefan C Kane, Lavinia Gordon, Sally Beard, Kantaraja Chindera, Smita Karegodar, Richard Hiscock, Natasha Pritchard, Tu'uhevaha J Kaitu'u-Lino, Susan P Walker, Stephen Tong

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND: Fetuses affected by placental insufficiency do not receive adequate nutrients and oxygenation, become growth restricte..

Circulating SPINT1 is a biomarker of pregnancies with poor placental function and fetal growth restriction

Tu'uhevaha J Kaitu'u-Lino, Teresa M MacDonald, Ping Cannon, Nguyen Tuong-Vi, Richard J Hiscock, Nick Haan, Jenny E Myers, Roxanne Hastie, Kirsten M Dane, Anna L Middleton, Intissar Bittar, Amanda N Sferruzzi-Perri, Natasha Pritchard, Alesia Harper, Natalie J Hannan, Valerie Kyritsis, Nick Crinis, Lisa Hui, Susan P Walker, Stephen Tong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nature Communications

Placental insufficiency can cause fetal growth restriction and stillbirth. There are no reliable screening tests for placental ins..

Good at heart: Developing a tertiary perinatal cardiac service; the first eight years of experience

Sarah Heland, Adam de Chellis, Wawrzyniec Rieder, Matthew Sleeman, Jennifer Johns, Terase Lancefield, Andrew Robinson, Alison Fung, Susan Walker

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

BACKGROUND: Maternal cardiac disease is the most common cause of indirect maternal death, and women with pre-existing cardiac dise..

INTERGROWTH-21st compared with GROW customized centiles in the detection of adverse perinatal outcomes at term

Natasha Pritchard, Anthea Lindquist, Isabela Dos Anjos Siqueira, Susan P Walker, Michael Permezel

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

BACKGROUND: INTERGROWTH-21st charts provide standards for infants born under optimal pregnancy conditions. However, their validity..