Publications by authors named "Kathleen Putnam"
Background: Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) experience disease progression over time, including strictures/stenoses, penetrating fistulae, and abscesses.
Aims: This retrospective US population-based study aimed to characterize CD progression in newly diagnosed patients.
Methods: Patient-level data from the Optum Market Clarity database from January 1, 2016, to June 30, 2020, were used.
Objective: To determine if an association exists between daily physical activity, and pregnancy/neonatal outcomes in stay at home military wives.
Methods: This is a prospective observational study of pregnant military wives who do not work outside the home. Participants completed a validated questionnaire of their daily activity from which the average energy expenditure per day (kcal/day) was calculated.
Background: Despite the widely accepted use of membrane sweeping to prevent postmaturity pregnancies, the optimal frequency for this procedure has not been established.
Aim: To determine if the frequency of membrane sweeping in women with an unfavorable cervix at term results in fewer labor inductions.
Methods: This was a randomized trial of women with an unfavorable cervix (Bishop's score of ≤4) at 39 weeks randomized into three groups: control, once-weekly membrane sweeping, and twice-weekly membrane sweeping.
Background: The Chronic Disease Score is a risk-adjustment metric based on age, gender, and history of dispensed drugs. We compared four versions of the score for their ability to predict hospitalization among members of eight health maintenance organizations nationwide.
Methods: The study included 29,247 women age 45 years and older.