Cecilia Ekéus
Affiliated Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Clinical Obstetrics
- E-mail:
- cecilia.ekeus@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Cecilia Ekéus (CE) holds a position as a Professor specializing in reproductive and perinatal health.
CE became a nurse in 1986, a midwife in 1990, and a Master in Public Health at Karolinska Institutet (KI) in 1998.
PhD in International health in 2004, KI . Post-doc at KI and Research Assistant the Swedish Research Council from 2008 to 2012. Associate Professor of Reproductive Health (Docent) at KI in 2012 and Professor of Reproductive health at Uppsala University in 2019.
Research
CE is currently working as a researcher in reproductive epidemiology with a specific focus on maternal and neonatal outcomes following complicated childbirths. As a project leader, she has published several epidemiological register-based studies on outcomes for women and children following vacuum extraction delivery. Recently, she has initiated a project on the causes and consequences of the increasing use of medications for erectile dysfunction in men younger than 40 years of age.

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 1210-1220, 2026
- DOI for Impact of episiotomy on anal incontinence following second‐ to fourth‐degree perineal tears: A cohort study
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with uterine anomaly: a Swedish nationwide cohort study
Part of The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2026
- DOI for Pregnancy outcomes in women with uterine anomaly: a Swedish nationwide cohort study
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Part of European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, 2026
- DOI for Pregnancy, birth, and neonatal complications among teenage primiparous: A Swedish population-based cohort study
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Maternal outcomes among women with type 1 diabetes in Sweden: A population-based cohort study
Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2026
- DOI for Maternal outcomes among women with type 1 diabetes in Sweden: A population-based cohort study
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Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2026
- DOI for Outcomes of labor induction in primiparous women with unfavorable cervical status at gestational week 41 and beyond. Does the Bishop score matter?
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 1210-1220, 2026
- DOI for Impact of episiotomy on anal incontinence following second‐ to fourth‐degree perineal tears: A cohort study
- Download full text (pdf) of Impact of episiotomy on anal incontinence following second‐ to fourth‐degree perineal tears: A cohort study
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with uterine anomaly: a Swedish nationwide cohort study
Part of The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2026
- DOI for Pregnancy outcomes in women with uterine anomaly: a Swedish nationwide cohort study
- Download full text (pdf) of Pregnancy outcomes in women with uterine anomaly: a Swedish nationwide cohort study
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Part of European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, 2026
- DOI for Pregnancy, birth, and neonatal complications among teenage primiparous: A Swedish population-based cohort study
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Maternal outcomes among women with type 1 diabetes in Sweden: A population-based cohort study
Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2026
- DOI for Maternal outcomes among women with type 1 diabetes in Sweden: A population-based cohort study
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Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2026
- DOI for Outcomes of labor induction in primiparous women with unfavorable cervical status at gestational week 41 and beyond. Does the Bishop score matter?
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 3191-3198, 2025
- DOI for Neonatal Outcomes Among Neonates of Women With and Without Type 1 Diabetes in Sweden From 2010 to 2022
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Neonatal Outcomes Among Infants of Mothers With Advanced Maternal Age: A National Cohort Study
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 2893-2899, 2025
- DOI for Neonatal Outcomes Among Infants of Mothers With Advanced Maternal Age: A National Cohort Study
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Comparison Between Antenatal and Postnatal Colostrum From Women With and Without Type 1 Diabetes
Part of Journal of Human Lactation, p. 254-262, 2025
- DOI for Comparison Between Antenatal and Postnatal Colostrum From Women With and Without Type 1 Diabetes
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2024
- DOI for Self-reported dyspareunia and outcome satisfaction after spontaneous second-degree tear compared to episiotomy: A register-based cohort study
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The association between pre‐eclampsia and neonatal complications in relation to gestational age
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 426-433, 2024
- DOI for The association between pre‐eclampsia and neonatal complications in relation to gestational age
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Part of Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, p. 13-15, 2024
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Part of Value in Health, p. 639-648, 2023
- DOI for Economic Evaluation of Elective Cesarean Section on Maternal Request Compared With Planned Vaginal Birth-Application to Swedish Setting Using National Registry Data
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Neonatal outcomes of elective labor induction in low-risk term pregnancies
Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Neonatal outcomes of elective labor induction in low-risk term pregnancies
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Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 843-853, 2023
- DOI for Long-term neurological morbidity among children delivered by vacuum extraction: a national cohort study
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Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2023
- DOI for Freebirth, the only option for women who do not fit into common practice: A Swedish national interview study.
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Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 1282-1290, 2022
- DOI for Pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal outcomes among women with spinal cord injury in Sweden 1997-2015: A population-based cohort study
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Part of Primary Care Diabetes, p. 1040-1051, 2021
- DOI for Swedish guidelines for type 1 diabetes and pregnancy outcomes: A nationwide descriptive study of consensus and adherence
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