Penelope Sheehan

Increase in preterm stillbirths in association with reduction in iatrogenic preterm births during COVID-19 lockdown in Australia: a multicenter cohort study

Lisa Hui, Melvin Barrientos Marzan, Stephanie Potenza, Daniel L Rolnik, Natasha Pritchard, Joanne M Said, Kirsten R Palmer, Clare L Whitehead, Penelope M Sheehan, Jolyon Ford, Ben W Mol, Susan P Walker

Journal article  |  2022  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a worsening of perinatal outcomes in many regions around the world. Mel..

Outpatient management of pre-induction cervical ripening.

Vicky Chen, Penelope Sheehan

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med

INTRODUCTION: Induction of labor is a common obstetric intervention. For women requiring cervical ripening, the current standard p..

The addition of fetal scalp blood lactate measurement as an adjunct to cardiotocography to reduce caesarean sections during labour: The Flamingo randomised controlled trial

Christine E East, Mary-Ann Davey, C Omar F Kamlin, Peter G Davis, Penelope M Sheehan, Stefan C Kane, Shaun P Brennecke

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Fetal scalp blood sampling for lactate measurement (FBSLM) is sometimes used to assist in identification of the need f..

Cervical length surveillance for predicting spontaneous preterm birth in women with uterine anomalies: A cohort study

Kelly M Hughes, Stefan C Kane, Terrence P Haines, Penelope M Sheehan

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

INTRODUCTION: Uterine anomalies occur in an estimated 5% of women and have been shown to confer a higher risk of spontaneous prete..

NO placental inflammation

Helena C Parkington, Penelope M Sheehan, Harold A Coleman, Shaun P Brennecke

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Physiology

Preterm birth prediction in asymptomatic women at mid-gestation using a panel of novel protein biomarkers: the Prediction of PreTerm Labor (PPeTaL) study.

San Min Leow, Megan KW Di Quinzio, Zhen Long Ng, Claire Grant, Tal Amitay, Ying Wei, Moshe Hod, Penelope M Sheehan, Shaun P Brennecke, Nir Arbel, Harry M Georgiou

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology MFM

BACKGROUND: Accurate prediction of spontaneous preterm labor/preterm birth in asymptomatic women remains an elusive clinical chall..

Subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy: the Melbourne public hospitals consensus

Peter S Hamblin, Penelope M Sheehan, Carolyn Allan, Christine A Houlihan, Zhong X Lu, Simon P Forehan, Duncan J Topliss, Christopher Gilfillan, Bala Krishnamurthy, Debra Renouf, Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Suresh Varadarajan

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Interest in potential adverse outcomes associated with maternal subclinical hypothyroidism (normal free T4, elevated t..

Rescue Adjuvant Vaginal Progesterone May Improve Outcomes in Cervical Cerclage Failure

Alina R Roman, Fabricio Da Silva Costa, Edward Araujo Junior, Penelope M Sheehan

Journal article  |  2018  |  GEBURTSHILFE UND FRAUENHEILKUNDE

Introduction Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of rescue adjuvant vaginal progesterone in women with ongoing, transvagin..

Setting the pace for labour

Helena C Parkington, Penelope M Sheehan, Harold A Coleman, Shaun P Brennecke

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Assessment of Placental Cortisol Pathway Gene Expression in Term Pregnant Women with Anxiety

Penelope M Sheehan, Chad Bousman, Angela Komiti, Fiona Judd, Louise Newman, Bruce Tonge, David Castle, Ian Everall

Journal article  |  2018  |  NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to expand on this field of work by examining, within a cohort of pregnant women with diagn..