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Lorentz M. Irgens

Lorentz M. Irgens

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Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
23136
World Ranking
17553
National Ranking
92

Overview

Lorentz M. Irgens is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their work predominantly focuses on various aspects of medicine, with particular attention to pediatrics, perinatology, child health, obstetrics, gynecology, and public health.

Their research contributions include publications on topics related to maternal and perinatal health interventions, maternal and fetal healthcare, global maternal and child health, and pregnancy-related medical research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Irgens include:

  • Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025, 2020, published in UNC Libraries
  • Social inequalities in the provision of obstetric services in Norway 1967-2009: a population-based cohort study, 2020, published in European Journal of Public Health
  • Low risk pregnancies after a cesarean section: Determinants of trial of labor and its failure, 2020, published in PLoS ONE
  • Nils Petter Aardal, 2021, published in Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Irgens are:

  • Svein Rasmussen
  • Sachiyo Yoshida
  • José Martines
  • Joy E Lawn
  • Stephen D. Wall

The venues where their work has been published include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening

Best Publications

  • Long term mortality of mothers and fathers after pre-eclampsia: population based cohort study.

    Henrik U Irgens;Lars Reisæter;Lorentz M Irgens;Rolv T Lie

  • The Medical Birth Registry of Norway. Epidemiological research and surveillance throughout 30 years

    Lorentz M. Irgens

  • Cohort profile: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

    Per Magnus;Lorentz M Irgens;Lorentz M Irgens;Kjell Haug;Wenche Nystad

  • Preeclampsia and the Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease

    B. E. Vikse;L. M. Irgens;T. Leivestad;R. Skjaerven

  • Fetal and maternal contributions to risk of pre-eclampsia: population based study

    Rolv Terje Lie;Svein Rasmussen;Helge Brunborg;Håkon K Gjessing

  • Early Death, Morbidity, and Need of Treatment Among Extremely Premature Infants

    Trond Markestad;Per Ivar Kaaresen;Arild Rønnestad;Hallvard Reigstad

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Birth Weight, Birth Length, Head Circumference, and Gestational Age by Use of Population-based Parent-Offspring Data

    Astrid Lunde;Astrid Lunde;Kari Klungsøyr Melve;Kari Klungsøyr Melve;Håkon K. Gjessing;Håkon K. Gjessing;Rolv Skjærven;Rolv Skjærven

  • Cerebral palsy in Norway: prevalence, subtypes and severity.

    Guro L. Andersen;Lorentz M. Irgens;Ivar Haagaas;Jon S. Skranes

  • Preterm Birth Time Trends in Europe: A Study of 19 Countries

    J. Zeitlin;K. Szamotulska;N. Drewniak;A.D. Mohangoo

  • Recurrence of Pre-eclampsia Across Generations: Exploring Fetal and Maternal Genetic Components in a Population Based Cohort

    Rolv Skjaerven;Lars J. Vatten;Allen J. Wilcox;Thorbjørn Rønning

  • Low Birth Weight Increases Risk for End-Stage Renal Disease

    Bjørn Egil Vikse;Lorentz M. Irgens;Torbjørn Leivestad;Stein Hallan

  • The association of Apgar score with subsequent death and cerebral palsy: A population-based study in term infants

    Dag Moster;Rolv T. Lie;Lorentz M. Irgens;Tor Bjerkedal

  • International retrospective cohort study of neural tube defects in relation to folic acid recommendations: are the recommendations working?

    Lorenzo D Botto;Alessandra Lisi;Elisabeth Robert-Gnansia;J David Erickson

  • Late-Onset Septicemia in a Norwegian National Cohort of Extremely Premature Infants Receiving Very Early Full Human Milk Feeding

    Arild Rønnestad;Tore G Abrahamsen;Sverre Medbø;Hallvard Reigstad

  • Combined effects of sleeping position and prenatal risk factors in sudden infant death syndrome: the Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.

    N. Oyen;T. Markestad;R. Skaerven;L. M. Irgens

  • The spectrum of congenital anomalies of the VATER association: An international study

    Lorenzo D. Botto;Muin J. Khoury;Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo;Eduardo E. Castilla

  • Birth defects among offspring of Norwegian farmers, 1967-1991.

    Petter Kristensen;Lorentz M. Irgens;Aage Andersen;Anne Snellingen Bye

  • Cesarean section delivery in the 1980's: International comparison by indication

    Francis C. Notzon;Sven Cnattingius;Per Bergsjø;Susan Cole

  • Pregnancy Outcome in Women Before and After Cervical Conisation: Population-Based Cohort Study

    Susanne Albrechtsen;Svein Rasmussen;Steinar Thoresen;Lorentz M. Irgens

  • Plasma Total Homocysteine, Pregnancy Complications, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: The Hordaland Homocysteine Study

    Stein Emil Vollset;Helga Refsum;Lorentz M. Irgens;Barbro Mork Emblem

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolv Skjærven
Rolv Skjærven University of Bergen
Rolv T. Lie
Rolv T. Lie University of Bergen
Stein Emil Vollset
Stein Emil Vollset University of Washington
Margarete E. Vollrath
Margarete E. Vollrath University of Oslo
Jon Skranes
Jon Skranes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Allen J. Wilcox
Allen J. Wilcox National Institutes of Health
Geir Egil Eide
Geir Egil Eide University of Bergen
Markus A. Landolt
Markus A. Landolt University of Zurich
Hugo Lagercrantz
Hugo Lagercrantz Karolinska Institute
Grethe S. Tell
Grethe S. Tell University of Bergen

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