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Christine L. Roberts

Christine L. Roberts

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Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
17879
World Ranking
19199
National Ranking
646

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

Her primary areas of study are Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Caesarean section, Population health and Childbirth. Her Obstetrics study incorporates themes from Odds ratio, Logistic regression, Premature birth, Gynecology and Small for gestational age. Her Pediatrics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Birth weight, Gestational age, Medical record, Hospital discharge and Intensive care.

Her work deals with themes such as Descriptive statistics, Absolute risk reduction, Confidence interval, Episiotomy and Population based study, which intersect with Caesarean section. Her study explores the link between Population health and topics such as Maternal morbidity that cross with problems in Postpartum haemorrhage. Her studies examine the connections between Childbirth and genetics, as well as such issues in Health care, with regards to Public health and Prenatal care.

Her most cited work include:

  • Trends in postpartum hemorrhage in high resource countries: a review and recommendations from the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative Group. (436 citations)
  • Prevalence and persistence of health problems after childbirth: associations with parity and method of birth. (383 citations)
  • Australian national birthweight percentiles by gestational age. (255 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Christine L. Roberts spends much of her time researching Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Caesarean section, Gestation and Gestational age. Her Obstetrics research incorporates themes from Odds ratio, Cohort study, Premature birth, Gynecology and Record linkage. The concepts of her Cohort study study are interwoven with issues in Incidence and Cohort.

Her Pediatrics research integrates issues from Medical record, Relative risk, Population health, Reproductive medicine and Risk factor. She combines subjects such as Breech presentation, External cephalic version, Randomized controlled trial and Episiotomy with her study of Caesarean section. Christine L. Roberts has researched Gestational age in several fields, including Singleton and Birth weight.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Obstetrics (66.92%)
  • Pediatrics (42.79%)
  • Caesarean section (23.38%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Obstetrics (66.92%)
  • Pediatrics (42.79%)
  • Gestational age (22.14%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her main research concerns Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Gestational age, Cohort study and Gestation. The Obstetrics study combines topics in areas such as Premature birth, Randomized controlled trial, Term Birth, Caesarean section and Record linkage. Her Pediatrics research incorporates elements of Relative risk, Proportional hazards model, Cerebral palsy and Pneumonia.

Her Gestational age study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Population based study, Neonatal intensive care unit, Full Term, Early childhood and Acute care. Her study in Cohort study is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Risk of mortality, Perioperative, Gynecology, Population health and Cohort. Christine L. Roberts interconnects Miscarriage, Survival rate, Preeclampsia and Population study in the investigation of issues within Gestation.

Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Immediate delivery compared with expectant management after preterm pre-labour rupture of the membranes close to term (PPROMT trial): a randomised controlled trial (106 citations)
  • Planned Birth Before 39 Weeks and Child Development: A Population-Based Study. (49 citations)
  • Planned Birth Before 39 Weeks and Child Development: A Population-Based Study. (49 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

Christine L. Roberts mainly investigates Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Cohort study, Gestational age and Gestation. Her research in Pediatrics intersects with topics in Relative risk, Full Term and Pneumonia. She undertakes multidisciplinary studies into Obstetrics and Soluble transferrin receptor in her work.

Her Cohort study research includes themes of Record linkage, Caesarean section and Intensive care. Her Gestational age research focuses on Early childhood and how it relates to Type 1 diabetes, Shoulder dystocia and Birth trauma. Her Gestation research includes elements of Gynecology, Preeclampsia and Pregnancy rate.

Best Publications

  • Trends in Postpartum Hemorrhage in High Resource Countries: A Review and Recommendations From the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative Group

    Marian Knight;William M. Callaghan;Cynthia Berg;Sophie Alexander

  • Prevalence and persistence of health problems after childbirth: associations with parity and method of birth.

    Jane F. Thompson;Christine L. Roberts;Marian Currie;David A. Ellwood

  • Australian national birthweight percentiles by gestational age.

    Christine L Roberts;Paul A L Lancaster

  • Australian national birthweight percentiles by sex and gestational age, 1998-2007.

    Timothy A Dobbins;Elizabeth A Sullivan;Christine L Roberts;Judy M Simpson

  • Determinants of neonatal mortality in Indonesia

    Christiana R Titaley;Michael J Dibley;Kingsley Agho;Christine L Roberts;Christine L Roberts

  • Population-based trends in pregnancy hypertension and pre-eclampsia: an international comparative study

    Christine Roberts;Jane B Ford;Charles S Algert;Sussie Antonsen

  • Rates for obstetric intervention among private and public patients in Australia: population based descriptive study

    Christine L Roberts;Sally Tracy;Brian Peat

  • Factors associated with underutilization of antenatal care services in Indonesia: results of Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey 2002/2003 and 2007

    Christiana R Titaley;Michael J Dibley;Christine L Roberts

  • Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a population-based study

    Christine L Roberts;Charles S Algert;Jonathan M Morris;Jane B Ford

  • Increased postpartum hemorrhage rates in Australia.

    J.B. Ford;C.L. Roberts;J.M. Simpson;J. Vaughan

  • Quality of data in perinatal population health databases: a systematic review

    Samantha J. Lain;Ruth M. Hadfield;Camille H. Raynes-Greenow;Jane B. Ford

  • Incidence and outcomes of pregnancy-associated cancer in Australia, 1994-2008: a population-based linkage study.

    Y.Y. Lee;Christine L. Roberts;Timothy A. Dobbins;E Stavrou

  • Measuring maternal morbidity in routinely collected health data: development and validation of a maternal morbidity outcome indicator.

    Christine L. Roberts;Carolyn A. Cameron;Jane C. Bell;Charles S. Algert

  • Outcomes of pregnancies in women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes mellitus; a population-based study in New South Wales, Australia, 1998-2002.

    A. W. Shand;J. C. Bell;A. McElduff;J. Morris

  • Epidemiology and trends for Caesarean section births in New South Wales, Australia: A population-based study

    Efty P Stavrou;Jane B Ford;Antonia W Shand;Antonia W Shand;Jonathan M Morris;Jonathan M Morris

  • Immediate delivery compared with expectant management after preterm pre-labour rupture of the membranes close to term (PPROMT trial): a randomised controlled trial

    Jonathan M Morris;Christine L Roberts;Jennifer R Bowen;Jennifer R Bowen;Jillian A Patterson

  • Amniotic fluid embolism incidence, risk factors and outcomes: a review and recommendations

    Marian Knight;Cynthia Berg;Peter Brocklehurst;Michael Kramer

  • The Accuracy of Reporting of the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Population Health Data

    Christine L. Roberts;Jane C. Bell;Jane B. Ford;Ruth M. Hadfield

  • Effects of maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in the first trimester on subsequent pregnancy outcomes in an Australian population.

    Francisco J Schneuer;Christine L Roberts;Cyrille Guilbert;Judy M Simpson

  • Association between Agent Orange and birth defects: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Anh D Ngo;Richard Taylor;Christine L Roberts;Tuan V Nguyen

Frequent Co-Authors

Judy M. Simpson
Judy M. Simpson University of Sydney
Caroline A Crowther
Caroline A Crowther University of Auckland
Ben J. Marais
Ben J. Marais University of Sydney
Andrew J. Martin
Andrew J. Martin University of New South Wales
Marian Knight
Marian Knight University of Oxford
Rebecca J. Collie
Rebecca J. Collie University of New South Wales
Lyndal Trevena
Lyndal Trevena University of Sydney
Lyn March
Lyn March University of Sydney
Clare E. Collins
Clare E. Collins University of Newcastle Australia

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