• Does membrane sweep work? Assessing obstetric outcomes and patient perception of cervical membrane sweeping at term in an Irish obstetric population: a prospective multi-centre cohort study 

  Ugezu, C. H.; Corcoran, Paul; Dunn E. A.; Burke C. (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020-02-05)

  Background: Cervical membrane sweep is a mechanical method of cervical ripening at term gestation with the aim of avoiding prolonged pregnancy and reducing the need for labour induction for this indication. There is no ...
• High-flow nasal cannulae, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and retinopathy of prematurity 

  Healy, L. I.; Corcoran, Paul; Murphy, B. P. (Irish Medical Association, 2019-09)

  Aims: To determine if HFNC use was associated with changes in incidence of BPD and ROP. Methods: This retrospective study examined premature infants (<30 weeks GA or <1500g) in a tertiary neonatal unit from 2010-2016. ...
• The association between caesarean section and cognitive ability in childhood 

  Hanrahan, Michael; McCarthy, Fergus P.; O'Keeffe, Gerard W.; Khashan, Ali S. (Springer, 2019-10-22)

  Purpose: Global rates of caesarean section (CS) rates have increased rapidly in recent years. This is a growing public health concern as it has been proposed that CS may impact cognitive outcomes in childhood. However, the ...
• Women's experiences of their maternity care: A principle- based concept analysis 

  Beecher, Claire; Devane, Declan; White, Mark; Greene, Richard; Dowling, Maura (Elsevier, 2019-11-18)

  Background: Despite many countries employing the use of national and large scale regional surveys to explore women’s experiences of their maternity care, with the results informing national maternity policy and practice, ...
• Investigating the role of early low-dose aspirin in diabetes: A phase III multicentre double-blinded placebo-controlled randomised trial of aspirin therapy initiated in the first trimester of diabetes pregnancy 

  Finnegan, Catherine; Dicker, Patrick; Fernandez, Elena; Tully, Elizabeth; Higgins, Mary; Daly, Sean; Riordan, Mairead O’; Dunne, Fidelma; Gaffney, Geraldine; Slevin, John; Ciprike, Vinete; Breathnach, Fionnuala (Elsevier Inc, 2019-10-15)

  Background: Preeclampsia, preterm birth and low birth weight represent key contributing factors to perinatal morbidity and mortality. Pregnancies complicated by type 1 and type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of these ...

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