Ricciotti H. The Healthy Family Cookbook. WW Norton & Company; 2004.
Publications
2004
2002
Ricciotti H, Connelly V. The Breast Cancer Prevention Cookbook. WW Norton & Company; 2002.
Ricciotti H, Connelly V. The Pregnancy Cookbook. WW Norton & Company; 2002.
2000
Ricciotti H. The Menopause Cookbook: How to Eat Now and for the Rest of Your Life. WW Norton & Company; 2000.
1998
Kempe, Sachs B, Ricciotti, Sobol A, Wise. Home Uterine Activity Monitoring in the Prevention of Very Low Birth Weight. NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE. 1998;11:42–48.
1997
Kempe, Sachs B, Ricciotti, Sobol A, Wise. Home uterine activity monitoring in the prevention of very low birth weight.. Public Health Rep. 1997;112(5):433-9.
OBJECTIVES: Despite controversy regarding the efficacy of home uterine activity monitoring (HUAM), it is currently licensed for detection of preterm labor in women with previous preterm deliveries. In practice, however, it is being more widely utilized in an effort to prevent preterm delivery. This study seeks to determine which group of mothers delivering very low birth weight (VLBW) infants would have qualified for HUAM given three different sets of criteria and in which women it could have been used to help prolong gestation.
METHODS: The authors reviewed the medical records of mothers of VLBW infants born in five U.S. locations (N = 1440), retrospectively applying three sets of eligibility criteria for HUAM use: (a) the current FDA licensing criterion for use of HUAM, a previous preterm birth; (b) indication for HUAM commonly cited in published reports; (c) a broad set of criteria based on the presence of any reproductive or medical conditions that might predispose to premature delivery. The authors then analyzed the conditions precipitating delivery for each group to determine whether delivery might have been prevented with HUAM and tocolytic therapy.
RESULTS: Only 4.4% of the total group of women delivering VLBW infants would have been eligible for HUAM under the FDA criterion and might potentially have benefited from this technology. If extremely broad criteria had been applied to identify those eligible for monitoring, under which almost 80% of all women who delivered VLBW infants would have been monitored, only 20.3% of the total group would have been found eligible and would potentially have benefited. If such broad criteria were applied to all pregnant women, a sizable proportion of pregnancies would be monitored at great expense with small potential clinical benefit.
CONCLUSIONS: Because VLBW births are usually precipitated by conditions that are unlikely to benefit from HUAM, this technology will have little impact on reducing VLBW and neonatal mortality rates. More comprehensive preventive strategies should be sought.
Kempe A, Sachs B, Ricciotti H, Sobol A, Wise P. Home uterine activity monitoring in the prevention of very low birth weight.. Public Health Reports. 1997;112:433.
1996
Ricciotti, Ludmir, Morgan, et al. Menopause is associated with decreased levels of caldesmon in human myometrium.. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 1996;3.
Ricciotti, Mortola J. Nocturnal slowing of luteinizing hormone pulse frequency is absent in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 1996;3.
Ricciotti, Alvarez, Morgan, et al. Labor is associated with decreased levels of caldesmon in human myometrium. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 1996;3.