KATE WALKER's Outputs (4)

Childbirth experience questionnaire 2: Validating its use in the United Kingdom (2019)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Dencker, A., & Thornton, J. G. (2020). Childbirth experience questionnaire 2: Validating its use in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Obstetrics && Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X, 5, Article 100097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurox.2019.100097

© 2019 The Authors Objective: To validate the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire 2 (CEQ2) in the UK to see if it is an effective tool for evaluating labour experience. Study design: The CEQ2 and part of the Care Quality Commission Maternity Survey (... Read More about Childbirth experience questionnaire 2: Validating its use in the United Kingdom.

Advanced maternal age (2019)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. G. (2019). Advanced maternal age. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, 29(9), 259-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2019.06.001

The average age of women at childbirth in industrialised nations has been increasing steadily for approximately 30 years. Women aged 35 years or over have an increased risk of gestational hypertensive disease, gestational diabetes, placenta praevia,... Read More about Advanced maternal age.

Is it time to ban oxytocin for poor labour progress? (2019)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., & Bugg, G. (2019). Is it time to ban oxytocin for poor labour progress?. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, 29(6), 175-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2019.03.002

Oxytocin causes myometrial contractions and prostaglandin release. It is commonly used as an intervention for women in established labour with slow progress. However recent large randomised trials of oxytocin for this indication have shown no differe... Read More about Is it time to ban oxytocin for poor labour progress?.

Trials of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm fetal lung maturity: a review of the potential for selective outcome reporting (2019)
Journal Article
White, V. A., Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. G. (2019). Trials of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm fetal lung maturity: a review of the potential for selective outcome reporting. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 236, 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.02.031

Objective
To measure the extent to which the evidence underpinning prenatal corticosteroids for preterm fetal lung maturity is at risk of bias due to selective outcome reporting.
Study Design
Five biomedical databases (Medline, ClinicalTrials.gov,... Read More about Trials of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm fetal lung maturity: a review of the potential for selective outcome reporting.