Dayna D. Whitcombe

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Assistant Professor

UAMS

College of Medicine Administration

5 h-index 13 pubs 62 cited

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Dayna D. Whitcombe's research focuses on maternal and perinatal health, particularly examining pregnancy outcomes and complications in diverse patient populations. Her work has investigated the "July Effect" in obstetric outcomes, explored evidence for prophylactic transfusion during pregnancy for women with sickle cell disease, and reviewed preconception, antepartum, and peripartum care for women with spinal cord injuries. Whitcombe has also contributed to the literature on less common obstetric diagnoses, such as uterine torsion, and reviewed unexpected maternal deaths, including cases of signet ring cell carcinoma and leiomyosarcoma associated with pregnancy. Her research also includes a meta-analysis on placental location site and associated complications. She has published 13 papers with 62 citations and holds an h-index of 5. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include Everett F. Magann, Songthip Ounpraseuth, Megan Pagan, and Zhuopei Hu, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications.

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h-index: 5
Publications: 13
Citations: 62

Selected Publications

Placental Location Site and Associated Intrapartum, Postpartum, and Neonatal Complications: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis (2025)

Journal of Clinical Medicine 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Amniotic fluid volume and pregnancy outcomes in twin pregnancies: A systematic review and meta‐analysis (2023)

Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Examination of a Stillbirth Workup: A Rural Statewide Experience (2022)

Southern Medical Journal 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
July Effect in Obstetric Outcomes (2022)

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 6 citations OpenAlex
Management of Critically Ill Pregnant Patients with COVID-19 Infection in a Rural State (2021)

American Journal of Perinatology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
An Assessment of Nutrition Education Interventions in Pregnancy Complicated by Diabetes (2021)

Topics in Clinical Nutrition 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Evidence for Prophylactic Transfusion during Pregnancy for Women with Sickle Cell Disease (2021)

Southern Medical Journal 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma with Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis in Pregnancy: A Case Report of an Unexpected Maternal Death and Review of the Literature (2019)

American Journal of Case Reports 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Surrogacy and Pregnancy (2019)

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 23 citations DOI OpenAlex