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Patsy Spark
Researcher at University of Oxford
Publications - 51
Citations - 3865
Patsy Spark is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 51 publications receiving 3437 citations.
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Incidence and Risk Factors for Placenta Accreta/Increta/Percreta in the UK: A National Case-Control Study
Kathryn Fitzpatrick,Susan Sellers,Patsy Spark,Jennifer J Kurinczuk,Peter Brocklehurst,Marian Knight +5 more
TL;DR: There is a need to maintain a high index of suspicion of abnormal placental invasion in women with both a prior caesarean delivery and placenta praevia and preparations for delivery should be made accordingly.
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The management and outcomes of placenta accreta, increta, and percreta in the UK: A population-based descriptive study
Kathryn Fitzpatrick,Susan Sellers,Patsy Spark,Jenny J. Kurinczuk,Peter Brocklehurst,Marian Knight +5 more
TL;DR: To describe the management and outcomes of placenta accreta, incretA, and percreta in the UK, placentas are referred to as “percretas”.
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Cesarean delivery and peripartum hysterectomy.
TL;DR: Peripartum hysterectomy is strongly associated with previous cesarean delivery, and the risk rises with increasing number of previous cESarean deliveries, maternal age over 35 years, and parity greater than 3.
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A prospective national study of acute fatty liver of pregnancy in the UK
TL;DR: The incidence estimate from this study is lower than documented by earlier hospital-based studies, but maternal and neonatal outcomes are better than previously reported, possibly related to improved ascertainment.
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Perinatal outcomes after maternal 2009/H1N1 infection: national cohort study
TL;DR: This study suggests an increase in the risk of poor outcomes of pregnancy in women infected with 2009/H1N1, which reinforces the message from studies of maternal risk alone.