• How much synthetic oxytocin is infused during labour? A review and analysis of regimens used in 12 countries 

      Daly, Deirdre; Minnie, Karin; Blignaut, Alwiena; Blix, Ellen; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika; Dencker, Anna; Beeckmann, Katrien; Gross, Mechthild M.; Pehelke-Milde, Jessica; Grylika-Baeschlin, Susanne; Koenig-Bachmann, Martina; Clausen, Jette Aaroe; Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Morano, Sandra; Iannuzzi, Laura; Baranowska, Barbara; Kiersnowska, Iwona; Uvnäs-Moberg, Kerstin (PLoS ONE; 15(7): e0227941, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-28)
      Objective: To compare synthetic oxytocin infusion regimens used during labour, calculate the International Units (IU) escalation rate and total amount of IU infused over eight hours. Design: Observational study. Setting: ...
    • Protocol for the development of a salutogenic intrapartum core outcome set (SIPCOS) 

      Smith, Valerie; Daly, Deirdre; Lundgren, Ingela; Eri, Tine Schauer; Begley, Cecily; Gross, Mechthild M.; Downe, Soo; Alfirevic, Zarko; Devane, Declan (BMC Medical Research Methodology;Volume 17:61, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-19)
      Background: Maternity intrapartum care research and clinical care more often focus on outcomes that minimise or prevent adverse health rather than on what constitutes positive health and wellbeing (salutogenesis). This was ...