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Hala Phipps

Researcher at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Publications -  31
Citations -  312

Hala Phipps is an academic researcher from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 20 publications receiving 263 citations. Previous affiliations of Hala Phipps include Ministry of Health (New South Wales).

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Vaginal delivery compared with elective caesarean section: the views of pregnant women and clinicians.

TL;DR: To quantify the risk of morbidity from vaginal delivery (VD) that pregnant women would be prepared to accept before requesting an elective caesarean section and to compare these views with those of clinicians.
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Does the Epi-No® Birth Trainer reduce levator trauma? A randomised controlled trial

TL;DR: This pilot randomised controlled trial showed a nonsignificantly lower incidence of pelvic floor muscle injury in women who used the Epi-No® device from 37 weeks onwards.
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Does occiput posterior position in the second stage of labour increase the operative delivery rate

TL;DR: The objective was to assess the impact of occipito‐posterior position in the second stage of labour on operative delivery and to establish a baseline for future studies on the role of posterior position in labour.
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Can antenatal education influence how women push in labour

TL;DR: Antenatal education on the physiology of second stage of labour and effective pushing has not been studied in the literature and a large proportion seem to reflexly contract the levator ani muscle when asked to push which may have the effect of slowing the progress of labour.
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Willingness of pregnant women and clinicians to participate in a hypothetical randomised controlled trial comparing vaginal delivery and elective caesarean section

TL;DR: A randomised trial of the two procedures to compare outcomes for women and babies would provide the best quality scientific evidence to confirm the relative benefits and harms compared with vaginal delivery.