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Showing papers by "Béatrice Blondel published in 2016"

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Wide differences in mode of delivery within Europe: risk‐stratified analyses of aggregated routine data from the Euro‐Peristat study

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Alison Macfarlane1, Béatrice Blondel2, Ashna D. Mohangoo3, Marina Cuttini4, Jan G. Nijhuis5, Z. Novak, Helga Sól Ólafsdóttir, Jennifer Zeitlin2 •
City University London1, Paris Descartes University2, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research3, Boston Children's Hospital4, Maastricht University Medical Centre5
01 Mar 2016-British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
TL;DR: To use data from routine sources to compare rates of obstetric intervention in Europe both overall and for subgroups at higher risk of intervention.

205 citations

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Why women with previous caesarean and eligible for a trial of labour have an elective repeat caesarean delivery? A national study in France.

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S. Bartolo1, François Goffinet1, Béatrice Blondel1, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux1•
Paris Descartes University1
01 Sep 2016-British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
TL;DR: To identify the characteristics of women and maternity units associated with elective repeat caesarean delivery (ERCD) in women eligible for trial of labour after caesAREan (TOLAC).

16 citations

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Initial Preference for Labor Without Neuraxial Analgesia and Actual Use: Results from a National Survey in France

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Laure Kpéa, Marie-Pierre Bonnet, Camille Le Ray, C. Prunet, Anne-Sophie Ducloy-Bouthors, Béatrice Blondel 
01 Sep 2016-Obstetric Anesthesia Digest
TL;DR: The authors believe future research should focus on management of care during labor, and the role of a woman’s demands and healthcare providers’ attitudes during that period.
Abstract: (Anesth Analg. 2015;121:759–766)Neuraxial analgesia is an effective labor pain relief option for pregnant women. It can refer to epidural, spinal, or combined spinal-epidural analgesia. In principle, neuraxial analgesia use should be the women’s choice. However, few studies have examined the associa

12 citations

Variations in rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies in 20 European countries: a study based on routine national data in Euro-Peristat Project

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Béatrice Blondel, Sophie Alexander, Ragnheidur I. Bjarnadottir, Mika Gissler, Jens Langhoff-Roos, Ziva Novak-Antolic, C. Prunet, Wei Hong Zhang, Ashna D Hindori-Mohangoo, Jennifer Zeitlin 
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: This work compared rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies in European countries and analysed the association between these two indicators.
Abstract: Rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies are indicators of obstetrical quality of care, but their use for international comparisons is complicated by difficulties with accurate ascertainment of tears and uncertainties regarding the optimal rate of episiotomies. We compared rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies in European countries and analysed the association between these two indicators.

6 citations