All Outputs (48)

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.

Induction of labour at 37 weeks for suspected fetal macrosomia may reduce birth trauma (2017)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. G. (2017). Induction of labour at 37 weeks for suspected fetal macrosomia may reduce birth trauma. Evidence Based Medicine, 22(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmed-2017-110693

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., …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/10.1111/1471-0528.14557

Objective 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.

Randomized trial of labor induction in women 35 years of age or older (2016)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Bugg, G. J., Macpherson, M., McCormick, C., Grace, N., Wildsmith, C., …Thornton, J. (2016). Randomized trial of labor induction in women 35 years of age or older. New England Journal of Medicine, 374(9), https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1509117

BACKGROUND
The risk of antepartum stillbirth at term is higher among women 35 years of age or older than among younger women. Labor induction may reduce the risk of stillbirth, but it also may increase the risk of cesarean delivery, which already is... Read More about Randomized trial of labor induction in women 35 years of age or older.

Childbirth experience questionnaire: validating its use in the United Kingdom (2015)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Wilson, P., Bugg, G., Dencker, A., & Thornton, J. (2015). Childbirth experience questionnaire: validating its use in the United Kingdom. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15(86), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0513-4

BACKGROUND:
The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) was developed in Sweden in 2010 and validated in 920 primiparous women. It has not been validated in the United Kingdom (UK). Measuring the impact of an intervention on a woman's childbirth e... Read More about Childbirth experience questionnaire: validating its use in the United Kingdom.

Discrepancies between registration and publication of randomised controlled trials: an observational study (2014)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Stevenson, G., & Thornton, J. (2014). Discrepancies between registration and publication of randomised controlled trials: an observational study. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 5(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/2042533313517688

Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the consistency between information contained in the registration and publication of randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
DESIGN:
An observational study of RCTs published between May 2011 and May 2012 in the Brit... Read More about Discrepancies between registration and publication of randomised controlled trials: an observational study.

The dangers of the day of birth (2014)
Journal Article
Walker, K., Cohen, A., Walker, S., Allen, K., Baines, D., & Thornton, J. (2014). The dangers of the day of birth. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 121(6), 714-718. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.12544

Induction of labour versus expectant management for nulliparous women over 35 years of age: a multi-centre prospective, randomised controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Bugg, G., Macpherson, M., McCormick, C., Wildsmith, C., Smith, G., & Thornton, J. (2012). Induction of labour versus expectant management for nulliparous women over 35 years of age: a multi-centre prospective, randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 12(Decemb), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-12-145

Background: British women are increasingly delaying childbirth. The proportion giving birth over the age of 35 rose from 12% in 1996 to 20% in 2006. Women over this age are at a higher risk of perinatal death, and antepartum stillbirth accounts for 6... Read More about Induction of labour versus expectant management for nulliparous women over 35 years of age: a multi-centre prospective, randomised controlled trial.