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Implementation of Public Health England infection prevention and control guidance in maternity units in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Hanley, S. J., Jones, A. B., Oberman, J., Baxter, E., Sharkey, D., Gray, J., & Walker, K. F. (2022). Implementation of Public Health England infection prevention and control guidance in maternity units in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Hospital Infection, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2022.04.018

Background: This study aimed to explore the successes and barriers to the implementation of Public Health England (PHE) infection prevention and control guidance in English maternity units during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Qualitative semi-struc... Read More about Implementation of Public Health England infection prevention and control guidance in maternity units in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maternity services' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: how Public Health England guidance was implemented in practice (2022)
Journal Article
Hanley, S., Raybould, G., Baxter, E., Gray, J., Sharkey, D., & Walker, K. F. (2022). Maternity services' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: how Public Health England guidance was implemented in practice. Journal of Hospital Infection, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2022.04.019

Introduction: The rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic required systemic change in how healthcare was delivered to minimize virus transmission whilst maintaining safe service delivery. Deemed at ‘moderate-high risk’, maternity patients are an important... Read More about Maternity services' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: how Public Health England guidance was implemented in practice.

Impacted fetal head during second stage Caesarean birth: A prospective observational study (2022)
Journal Article
Wyn Jones, N., Mitchell, E. J., Wakefield, N., Knight, M., Dorling, J., Thornton, J. G., & Walker, K. F. (2022). Impacted fetal head during second stage Caesarean birth: A prospective observational study. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 272, 77-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.03.004

Objective: To determine the incidence of, and complication rates from, impacted fetal head at full dilatation Caesarean birth in the UK, and record what techniques were used. Design: Prospective observational study using the UK Obstetric Surveillance... Read More about Impacted fetal head during second stage Caesarean birth: A prospective observational study.

Managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section: a UK survey of healthcare professionals and parents (2022)
Journal Article
Hanley, S. J., Walker, K. F., Wakefield, N., Plachcinski, R., Pallotti, P., Tempest, N., Pillai, A., Thornton, J., Jones, N., & Mitchell, E. J. (2022). Managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section: a UK survey of healthcare professionals and parents. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 271, 88-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.01.033

Objective(s)
To understand current practice, expertise and training requirements for management of an impacted fetal head (IFH) at caesarean section (CS) in the UK, and whether a clinical trial of techniques to manage an IFH is acceptable.

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COVID-19 and pregnancy: A comparison of case reports, case series and registry studies (2021)
Journal Article
Young, E. M., Green, O., Stewart, J., King, Y., O'Donoghue, K., Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. G. (2022). COVID-19 and pregnancy: A comparison of case reports, case series and registry studies. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 268, 135-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.12.002

Background: Selection, outcome and publication biases are well described in case reports and case series but may be less of a problem early in the appearance of a new disease when all cases might appear to be worth publishing. Objective: To use a pro... Read More about COVID-19 and pregnancy: A comparison of case reports, case series and registry studies.

Case of successfully delivered dicavitary twins in uterus didelphus (2021)
Journal Article
Barnes, E., Walker, K., Sayed, H. M., & Green, A. (2021). Case of successfully delivered dicavitary twins in uterus didelphus. BMJ Case Reports, 14(11), e245139. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-245139

Uterus didelphus is a congenital abnormality arising from failure of fusion of Mullerian ducts, creating two separate uterine horns, two cervices and, in some cases, a vagina divided by a longitudinal septum. In this case, a 26-year-old woman with pr... Read More about Case of successfully delivered dicavitary twins in uterus didelphus.

Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Giesbers, S., Goh, E., Kew, T., Allotey, J., Brizuela, V., Kara, E., Kunst, H., Bonet, M., Thangaratinam, S., Chatterjee, S., Gae, A., Stallings, E., Yap, M., Sheikh, J., Lawson, H., Coomar, D., Dixit, A., Zhou, D., Balaji, R., Littmoden, M., …Mofenson, L. (2021). Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 267, 120-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.10.007

Objective: Clinical trials evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of COVID-19, either excluded pregnant women or included very few women. Unlike the numerous systematic reviews on prevalence, symptoms and adverse outcomes of COV... Read More about Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology (2021)
Journal Article
Venkatanarayanan, N., & Walker, K. F. (2021). Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 77, 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2021.08.007

Worldwide, there has been a trend toward later motherhood. Concurrently, the incidence of subfertility has been on the rise, necessitating conception using assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). These pregnancies are considered high risk due to f... Read More about Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology.

Evaluating the influence of progesterone concentration and time of exposure on in vitro endometrial decidualisation (2021)
Journal Article
Suthaporn, S., Jayaprakasan, K., Thornton, J. G., Walker, K. F., Castellanos, M., May, S., Hernandez-Medrano, J., & Maalouf, W. E. (2021). Evaluating the influence of progesterone concentration and time of exposure on in vitro endometrial decidualisation. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 528, Article 111242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2021.111242

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of progesterone (concentration and time of exposure) on endometrial decidualisation using an in vitro model cell line: Human Endometrial Stromal Cells (HESCs). HESCs exposed to progesterone (1 and 10 μM) had... Read More about Evaluating the influence of progesterone concentration and time of exposure on in vitro endometrial decidualisation.