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KATE WALKER's Outputs (5)

Maternal position in the second stage of labour for women with epidural anaesthesia (2018)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Kibuka, M., Thornton, J. G., & Jones, N. W. (2018). Maternal position in the second stage of labour for women with epidural anaesthesia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(11), Article CD008070. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008070.pub4

© 2018 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Epidural analgesia in labour prolongs the second stage and increases instrumental delivery. It has been suggested that a more upright maternal position during all or part of the second stage may counter... Read More about Maternal position in the second stage of labour for women with epidural anaesthesia.

Monitoring performance of sites within multicentre randomised trials: a systematic review of performance metrics (2018)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Turzanski, J., Whitham, D., Montgomery, A., & Duley, L. (2018). Monitoring performance of sites within multicentre randomised trials: a systematic review of performance metrics. Trials, 19, Article 562. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2941-8

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Large multicentre trials are complex and expensive projects. A key factor for their successful planning and delivery is how well sites meet their targets in recruiting and retaining participants, and in collecting hi... Read More about Monitoring performance of sites within multicentre randomised trials: a systematic review of performance metrics.

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.2018.06.019

Objectives: 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.

Delivery at term: when, how and why (2018)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. (2018). Delivery at term: when, how and why. Clinics in Perinatology, 45(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clp.2018.01.004

The optimal timing of delivery for the baby is 39 weeks, avoiding the morbidity associated with early term birth and reducing the risk of antepartum stillbirth.

There is compelling evidence that among high-risk pregnancies and in settings where ce... Read More about Delivery at term: when, how and why.