• 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: ...
    • The impact of severe perinatal events on maternity care providers: a scoping review 

      Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne; Leahy‑Warren, Patricia; Healy, Maria; Aktaş, Songül; Aydin, Ruveyde; Calleja‑Agius, Jean; Goberna‑Tricas, Josefna; Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Hartmann, Eatharina; Henriksen, Lena; Horsch, Antje; Lange, Ute; Murphy, Margaret; Pierron, Annabelle; Schäfers, Rainhild; Pajalic, Zada; Verhoeven, Corine; Ruiz Berdun, Dolores; Hossain, Sheima (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2004)
      Background Severe events during the perinatal period can be experienced as traumatic by pregnant women, their partners or others who are closely involved. This includes maternity care providers who can be affected by being ...
    • Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth – a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of oxytocin 

      Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin; Berg, Marie; Ekström, Anette; Buckley, Sarah; Downe, Soo; Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Kielbratowska, Bogumila; Kotłowska, Alicja; Lengler, Luise; Leon-Larios, Fatima; Lindstrom, Bengt; Meier-Magistretti, Claudia; Pajalic, Zada; Dencker, Anna (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;19, Article number: 285 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-17)
      Background:Oxytocin is a key hormone in childbirth, and synthetic oxytocin is widely administered to induce orspeed labour. Due to lack of synthetized knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of maternal plasma levelsof ...