Professor Ranjit Akolekar
Professor of Clinical Research
Institute of Medical Sciences
Ranjit is a Professor of Clinical Research within the Institute of Medical Sciences.
- “Prediction of adverse perinatal outcomes following induction of labour”.. Researcher(s): Dr Magdalena Fiolna. Supervisor(s): Professor Ranjit Akolekar, Professor Eleni Hatzidimitriadou. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Ultrasound prediction of foetal growth abnormalities and association with maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes. Researcher(s): Dr Naila Khan. Supervisor(s): Professor Ranjit Akolekar, Professor Eleni Hatzidimitriadou. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Blood pressure cutoffs at 11-13 weeks of gestation and risk of preeclampsia Slade, L., Syngelaki, Argyro, Wilson, Milly, Mistry, Hiten D., Akolekar, Ranjit, von Dadelszen, Peter, Nicolaides, Kypros H., Magee, L., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Preeclampsia screening taking into account ethnicity and socioeconomic status - a comparison of the competing-risks model and risk factor scoring. Arechvo, Anastasija, Syngelaki, Argyro, Akolekar, Ranjit, Von Dadelszen, Peter, Nicolaides, Kypros H., Magee, Laura A., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Advances and challenges in prenatal detection and genetic diagnosis of upper limb anomalies: Analysis of a south London and Kent Cohort Ruscitti, F., Giacchino, Tara, Koutoulas, Lenia, Homfray, Tessa, Akolekar, R., Sankaran, Srividhya, Fowler, Emma, Bint, Susan, Walsh, Cheryl, Garagnani, Lorenzo, Forzano, Francesca, Holder-Espinasse, Muriel, Elmakky, Amira, (2024): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Gestational diabetes mellitus: relationship of adverse outcomes with severity of disease. Karkia, Rebecca, Giacchino, Tara, Hii, Frederick, Bradshaw, Charline, Ramadan, Ghada, Akolekar, R., (2024): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
- Machine learning-enabled maternal risk assessment for women with pre-eclampsia (the PIERS-ML model): a modelling study. Montgomery-Csobán, Tünde, Kavanagh, Kimberley, Murray, Paul, Robertson, Chris, Barry, Sarah J E, Vivian Ukah, U, Payne, Beth A, Nicolaides, Kypros H, Syngelaki, Argyro, Ionescu, Olivia, Akolekar, Ranjit, Hutcheon, Jennifer A, Magee, Laura A, von Dadelszen, Peter, PIERS Consortium, (2024): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Routine 36-week scan: prediction of small-for-gestational-age neonate Adjahou, S., Syngelaki, A., Nanda, M., Papavasileiou, D., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K., (2024): Wiley. [Journal article]
- The potential impact of universal screening for vasa previa in the prevention of stillbirths Zhang, Weiyu, Oyelese, Y., Javinani, A., Shamshirsaz, Alireza, Akolekar, Ranjit, (2024): De Gruyter. [Journal article]
- Vasa previa in singleton pregnancies: Diagnosis and clinical management based on an international expert consensus Oyelese, Yinka, Javinani, Ali, Gudanowski, Brittany, Krispin, Eyal, Rebarber, Andrei, Akolekar, R., Catanzarite, Val, D'Souza, Rohan, Bronsteen, Richard, Odibo, Anthony, Scheier, Matthias A, Hasegawa, Junichi, Jauniaux, Eric, Lees, Christoph, Srinivasan, Deepa, Daly-Jones, Elizabeth, Duncombe, Gregory, Melcer, Yaacov, Maymon, Ron, Silver, Robert, Prefumo, Federico, Tachibana, Daisuke, Henrich, Wolfgang, Cincotta, Robert, Shainker, Scott A, Ranzini, Angela C, Roman, Ashley S, Chmait, Ramen, Hernandez-Andrade, Edgar A, Rolnik, Daniel L, Sepulveda, Waldo, Shamshirsaz, Alireza A, (2024): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Efficiency of the cerebroplacental ratio in Identifying high-risk late-term pregnancies Martin-Alonso, R., Rolle, V., Akolekar, R., de Paco Matallana, Catalina, Fernández-Buhigas, I., Sánchez-Camps, Maria Isabel, Giacchino, T., Rodríguez-Fernández, Miguel, Blanco-Carnero, Jose Eliseo, Santacruz, Belén, Gil, María M., (2023): MDPI. [Journal article]
- Gestational diabetes mellitus: Association with maternal and neonatal complications Karkia, R., Giacchino, T., Shah, Saadia, Gough, Andrew, Ramadan, G., Akolekar, R., (2023): MDPI. [Journal article]
- Incidence and causes of perinatal death in prenataly diagnosed Vasa Previa: A systematic review and meta-analysis Conyers, Steffany, Oyelese, Yinka, Javinani, Ali, Jamali, Marzieh, Zargarzadeh, Nikan, Akolekar, Ranjit, Hasegawa, Junichi, Melcer, Yaakov, Maymon, Ron, Bronsteen, Richard, Roman, Ashley, Shamshirsaz, Alireza A, (2023): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Incidence of pre-eclampsia: effect of deprivation Arechvo, A., Syngelaki, A., Wright, A., Magee, L., von Dadelszen, P., Akolekar, R., Wright, D., Nicolaides, K. H., (2023): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Incidence of vasa praevia: a systematic review and meta-analysis Zhang, Weiyu, Giacchino, Tara, Chanyarungrijn, P. A., Ionescu, Olivia, Akolekar, R., (NaN). [Journal article]
- Interim analysis of serum placental growth factor values for use in pre-eclampsia screening Golob, E., Jones, S., Ganapathy, R., Akolekar, R., (2023): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Management of preterm labor: Clinical practice guideline and recommendation by the WAPM-World Association of Perinatal Medicine and the PMF-Perinatal Medicine Foundation Dagklis, Themistoklis, Akolekar, Ranjit, Villalain, Cecilia, Tsakiridis, Ioannis, Kesrouani, Assaad, Tekay, Aydin, Plasencia, Walter, Wellmann, Sven, Kusuda, Satoshi, Jekova, Nelly, Prefumo, Federico, Volpe, Nicola, Chaveeva, Petya, Allegaert, Karel, Khalil, Asma, Sen, Cihat, (2023): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Maternal and neonatal complications following Kielland's rotational forceps delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis Giacchino, Tara, Karkia, Rebecca, Ahmed, Hasib, Akolekar, R., (2023): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Maternal and neonatal complications in pregnancies with and without pre-gestational diabetes mellitus Karkia, Rebecca, Giacchino, Tara, Watson, Helen, Gough, Andrew, Ramadan, Ghada, Akolekar, R., (2023): Walter de Gruyter GmbH. [Journal article]
- OP08.09: Causes of death and perinatal mortality rate in patients with prenatally diagnosed vasa previa: a systematic review and meta-analysis Javinani, A., Conyers, S., Jamali, M., Zargarzadeh, N., Akolekar, R., Hasegawa, J., Meltcer, Y., Maymon, R., Bronsteen, R., Roman, A., Shamshirsaz, A., Oyelese, Y., (2023): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Placental growth factor testing at 19–23 weeks of gestation as a guide to subsequent care in pregnancy: A prospective observational study Magee, L., Syngelaki, Argyro, Akolekar, R., von Dadelszen, P., Nicolaides, K., (2023): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of hypertensive disorders after screening at 36 weeks' gestation: comparison of angiogenic markers with competing-risks model Schiattarella, A., Magee, L., Wright, A., Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., von Dadelszen, P., Nicolaides, K. H., (2023): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Preeclampsia prevention by timed birth at term Magee, L., Wright, David, Syngelaki, A., von Dadelszen, P., Akolekar, R., Wright, A., Nicolaides, K., (2023): American Heart Association. [Journal article]
- Pregnancy-An ideal period to identify women at risk for chronic hypertension Charakida, M., Wright, A., Magee, L., Syngelaki, A., von Dadelszen, P., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K., Wright, David, (2023): American Heart Association. [Journal article]
- Relation of antepartum stillbirth to birthweight and gestational age: Prospective cohort study. Papastefanou, I., Ashoor, Ghalia, Syngelaki, Argyro, Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, Kypros H, (2023): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Competing-risks model for pre-eclampsia and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Syngelaki, A., Magee, L., Dadelszen, P von, Akolekar, R., Wright, A, Wright, D, Nicolaides, K H, (2022). [Journal article]
- Competing-risks model for prediction of small-for-gestational-age neonates at 36?weeks' gestation. Papastefanou, I., Thanopoulou, V, Dimopoulou, S, Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K H, (2022): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Effect of race on the measurement of angiogenic factors for prediction and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia Wright, Alan, von Dadelszen, P., Magee, L., Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Wright, Dave, Nicolaides, K., (2022): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Estimated fetal weight at mid-gestation in prediction of pre-eclampsia in singleton pregnancy Frei, L, Wright, A, Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K H, (2021): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Incidence of stillbirth: effect of deprivation Arechvo, A, Nikolaidi, D A, Gil, M., Rolle, V, Syngelaki, A, Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K H, (2022): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Personalized stratification of pregnancy care for small for gestational age neonates from biophysical markers at mid-gestation Papastefanou, Ioannis, Wright, David, Syngelaki, Argyro, Akolekar, Ranjit, Nicolaides, Kypros H, (2022): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Predictive performance for placental dysfunction related stillbirth of the competing risks model for small-for-gestational-age fetuses Nicolaides, Kypros H., Papastefanou, I., Syngelaki, Argyro, Ashoor, Ghalia, Akolekar, Ranjit, (2022): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Preterm and term pre-eclampsia: relative burdens of maternal and perinatal complications. von Dadelszen, P., Syngelaki, Argyro, Akolekar, R., Magee, L., Nicolaides, Kypros H, (2022): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Second-trimester contingent screening for small-for-gestational-age neonate Nowacka, U., Papastefanou, I., Bouariu, A., Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2022): Wiley. [Journal article]
- The implications of the Fetal Medicine Foundation 35-36 week preeclampsia prediction competing risk model on timing of birth. von Dadelszen, Peter, Syngelaki, Argyro, Wright, Alan, Akolekar, Ranjit, Magee, Laura A, Wright, David, Nicolaides, Kypros H, (2022): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Cell-free DNA testing of maternal blood in screening for trisomies in twin pregnancy: updated cohort study at 10–14 weeks and meta-analysis Judah, H., Gil, M., Syngelaki, A., Galeva, S., Jani, J., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2021): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Development and validation of a model for prediction of placental dysfunction-related stillbirth from maternal factors, fetal weight and uterine artery Doppler at mid-gestation. Ashoor, G, Syngelaki, A., Papastefanou, I., Nicolaides, K H, Akolekar, R., (2021): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Fetal loss after chorionic villus sampling in twin pregnancies Elger, T., Akolekar, R., Syngelaki, A., De Paco Matallana, C., Molina, F. S., Gallardo Arozena, M., Chaveeva, P., Persico, N., Accurti, V., Kagan, O., Prodan, N., Cruz, J., Nicolaides, K. H., (2021): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Kielland’s rotational forceps delivery: comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes with pregnancies delivering by non-rotational forceps Giacchino, Tara, Karkia, Rebecca, Zhang, Weiyu, Ahmed, Hasib, Akolekar, Ranjit, (NaN): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
- Perinatal outcome of pregnancies with prenatal diagnosis of vasa previa: systematic review and meta-analysis Zhang, W., Geris, S., Al-Emara, N., Ramadan, G., Sotiriadis, A., Akolekar, R., (2021): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Reference ranges for the pulsed wave doppler of the fetal cardiac inflow and outflow tracts from 13 to 36 weeks gestation: Short title: Zidere, Fetal inflow and outflow tract, Pulsed wave Doppler, z scores. Zidere, V., Vigneswaran, T. V., Syngelaki, A., Charakida, M., Allan, L. D., Nicolaides, K. H., Simpson, J. M, Akolekar, R., (2021): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Risk of fetal loss after chorionic villus sampling in twin pregnancies derived from propensity score matching analysis. Gil, M., Rodríguez-Fernández, M, Elger, T, Akolekar, R., Syngelaki, A., De Paco Matallana, C, Molina, F S, Gallardo Arozena, M, Chaveeva, P, Persico, N, Syngelaki, A., Accurti, V, Kagan, O., Prodan, N., Cruz, J, Nicolaides, K H, (2021): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Comparison of different methods of measuring angle of progression in prediction of labor outcome Frick, A., Kostiv, V., Vojtassakova, D., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2020): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Diagnosis of fetal defects in twin pregnancies at routine 11-13-week ultrasound examination Syngelaki, A., Cimpoca, B., Litwinska, E., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2020): Wiley. [Journal article]
- ISUOG Consensus Statement on organization of routine and specialist obstetric ultrasound services in the context of COVID-19 Abu-Rustum, R. S., Akolekar, R., Sotiriadis, A., Salomon, L. J., Da Silva Costa, F., Wu, Q., Frusca, T., Bilardo, C. M., Prefumo, F., Poon, L. C., (2020): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Metformin use in obese mothers is associated with improved cardiovascular profile in the offspring Panagiotopoulou, O., Syngelaki, A., Georgiopoulos, G., Simpson, J., Akolekar, R., Shehata, H., Nicolaides, K. H., Charakida, M., (2020): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Value of routine ultrasound examination at 35-37 weeks' gestation in diagnosis of fetal abnormalities Ficara, A., Syngelaki, A., Hammami, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Value of routine ultrasound examination at 35–37 weeks' gestation in diagnosis of non-cephalic presentation De Castro, H., Ciobanu, A., Formuso, C., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2020): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Biomarkers of impaired placentation at 35-37?weeks' gestation in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome Ciobanou, A., Jabak, S., De Castro, H., Frei, L., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Diagnosis of major heart defects by routine first-trimester ultrasound examination: association with high nuchal translucency, tricuspid regurgitation and abnormal flow in the ductus venosus Minnella, G. P., Crupano, F. M., Syngelaki, A., Zidere, V., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2020): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Fetal Medicine Foundation reference ranges for umbilical artery and middle cerebral artery pulsatility index and cerebroplacental ratio Ciobanu, A., Wright, A., Syngelaki, A., Wright, D., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K.H., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Impact of prospective measurement of outflow tracts in the prediction of coarctation of the aorta Vigneswaran, T. V., Zidere, V., Chivers, S., Charakida, M., Akolekar, R., Simpson, J. M., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Impaired placental perfusion and major fetal cardiac defects Fantasia, I., Andrade, W., Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K.H., (2018): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Maternal and neonatal complications of fetal macrosomia: cohort study Beta, J., Khan, N., Fiolna, M., Khalil, A., Ramadan, G., Akolekar, R., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of adverse perinatal outcome by cerebroplacental ratio in women undergoing induction of labor Fiolna, M., Kostiv, V., Anthoulakis, C., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K.H., (NaN): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of large-for-gestational-age neonate by routine third-trimester ultrasound Khan, N., Ciobanu, A., Karampitsakos, T., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of small for gestational age neonates: screening by maternal factors, fetal biometry, and biomarkers at 35-37 weeks' gestation Ciobanu, A., Rouvali, A., Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K.H., (2019): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Prediction of small-for-gestational-age neonates at 35-37 weeks' gestation: contribution of maternal factors and growth velocity between 32 and 36 weeks Ciobanu, A., Anthoulakis, C., Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K.H., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of small-for-gestational-age neonates at 35-37?weeks' gestation: contribution of maternal factors and growth velocity between 20 and 36?weeks Ciobanu, A., Formuso, C., Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K.H., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prevention of stillbirths: impact of a two-stage screening for vasa previa Zhang, W., Geris, S., Beta, J., Ramadan, G., Nicolaides, K. H., Akolekar, R., (NaN): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Procedure-related risk of miscarriage following chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis Beta, J., Zhang, W., Geris, S., Kostiv, V., Akolekar, R., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Risk of miscarriage following amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling: systematic review of literature and updated meta-analysis Salomon, L. J., Sotiriadis, A., Wulff, C. B., Odibo, A., Akolekar, R., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Routine assessment of cerebroplacental ratio at 35-37 weeks' gestation in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome Akolekar, R., Ciobanu, A., Zingler, E., Syngelaki, A., Nicolaides, K.H., (2019): Elsevier. [Journal article]
- Routine first-trimester screening for fetal trisomies in twin pregnancy: cell-free DNA test contingent on results from combined test Galeva, S., Konstantinidou, L., Gil, M.M., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K.H., (2018): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Routine ultrasound at 32 vs 36 weeks' gestation: prediction of small-for-gestational-age neonates Ciobanu, A., Khan, N., Syngelaki, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Two-stage approach for prediction of small-for-gestational-age neonate and adverse perinatal outcome by routine ultrasound examination at 35-37?weeks' gestation Akolekar, R., Panaitescu, A. M., Ciobanu, A., Syngelaki, A., Nicolaides, K. H., (2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Screening for pre-eclampsia using sFlt-1/PlGF ratio cut-off of 38 at 30-37 weeks' gestation Dragan, I., Georgiou, T., Prodan, N., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Biophysical and biochemical markers at 30-34 weeks' gestation in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome Valiño, N., Giunta, G., Gallo, D. M., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Endoscopic placental laser coagulation in dichorionic and monochorionic triplet pregnancies Peeva, G., Chaveeva, P., Gil Guevara, E., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Karger. [Journal article]
- Metformin versus placebo in obese pregnant women without diabetes mellitus Syngelaki, A., Nicolaides, K. H., Balani, J., Hyer, S., Akolekar, R., Kotecha, R., Pastides, A., Shehata, H., (2016): Massachusetts Medical Society. [Journal article]
- Prediction of stillbirth from biochemical and biophysical markers at 11-13 weeks Mastrodima, S., Akolekar, R., Yerlikaya, G., Tzelepis, T., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of stillbirth from maternal demographic and pregnancy characteristics Yerlikaya, G., Akolekar, R., McPherson, K., Syngelaki, A., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of stillbirth from maternal factors, fetal biometry and uterine artery Doppler at 19-24 weeks Akolekar, R., Tokunaka, M., Ortega, N., Syngelaki, A., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of stillbirth from placental growth factor at 11-13 weeks Akolekar, R., Machuca, M., Mendes, M., Paschos, V., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Prediction of stillbirth from placental growth factor at 19-24 weeks Aupont J. E., Akolekar, R., Illian, A., Neonakis, S., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016). [Journal article]
- Prospective first-trimester screening for trisomies by cell-free DNA testing of maternal blood in twin pregnancy Sarno, L., Revello, R., Hanson, E., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Screening for trisomies by cell-free DNA testing of maternal blood: consequences of a failed result Revello, R., Sarno, L., Ispas, A., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Uterine artery pulsatility index at 30-34 weeks' gestation in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome Valiño, N., Giunta, G., Gallo, D. M., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2016). [Journal article]
- Biophysical and biochemical markers at 35-37 weeks' gestation in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome Valiño, N., Giunta, G., Gallo, D. M., Akolekar, R., Nicolaides, K. H., (2015): Wiley. [Journal article]