Should all pregnant women be offered testing for group B streptococcus?
(2021)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Plumb, J., Gray, J., Thornton, J., Avery, A. J., & Daniels, J. P. (2021). Should all pregnant women be offered testing for group B streptococcus?. British Medical Journal, 373, Article n882. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n882
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The acceptability to women of techniques for managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section and of randomised trials evaluating those techniques: a qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Romano, G., Mitchell, E., Plachcinski, R., Wakefield, N., Walker, K., & Ayers, S. (2021). The acceptability to women of techniques for managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section and of randomised trials evaluating those techniques: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21, Article 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03577-zBackground
This study aimed to explore women’s views on the acceptability of different techniques for managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean; and the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a trial in this area.
Methods
Qualitative sem... Read More about The acceptability to women of techniques for managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section and of randomised trials evaluating those techniques: a qualitative study.
Postpartum evaluation of cardiovascular disease risk for women with pregnancies complicated by hypertension (2018)
Journal Article
Escouto, D. C., Green, A., Kurlak, L., Walker, K., Loughna, P., Chappell, L., Broughton Pipkin, F., & Bramham, K. (2018). Postpartum evaluation of cardiovascular disease risk for women with pregnancies complicated by hypertension. Pregnancy Hypertension, 13, 218-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preghy.2018.06.019Objectives: Postpartum stratification of cardiovascular risk for women with pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia is challenging. Our aim was to identify potential clinical and biomarker predictors of future cardiovascular risk at six weeks postpa... Read More about Postpartum evaluation of cardiovascular disease risk for women with pregnancies complicated by hypertension.
Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation (2017)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Dritsaki, M., Bugg, G., Macpherson, M., McCormick, C., Grace, N., Wildsmith, C., Bradshaw, L., Smith, G. C., & Thornton, J. (2017). Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 124(6), 929-934. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14557Objective Induction of labour at 39 weeks for nulliparous women aged 35 years and over may prevent stillbirths and does not increase caesarean births, so it may be popular. But the overall costs and benefits of such a policy have not been compared.... Read More about Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation.