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Peter Brocklehurst

Researcher at University of Birmingham

Publications -  361
Citations -  23468

Peter Brocklehurst is an academic researcher from University of Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Population. The author has an hindex of 76, co-authored 330 publications receiving 20042 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Brocklehurst include University of Oxford & Children's Hospital at Westmead.

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Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care: Lessons learned to inform future maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2009-2012

TL;DR: A welcome decrease in the overall rate of maternal death across the United Kingdom is shown, and a compelling message for the future has to be the importance of continuing the programme of vaccination against influenza in pregnancy in the UK and Ireland, working to maximise uptake and hence to ensure the authors prevent future influenza-related maternal deaths.
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Antibiotics for treating bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy

TL;DR: Antibiotic therapy was shown to be effective at eradicating bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy, and treatment before 20 weeks' gestation did not reduce the risk of PTB less than 37 weeks, however these represent relatively small differences in the clinical setting.
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Stunted microbiota and opportunistic pathogen colonization in caesarean-section birth

TL;DR: The disrupted transmission of maternal Bacteroides strains, and high-level colonization by opportunistic pathogens associated with the hospital environment (including Enterococcus, Enterobacter and Klebsiella species), in babies delivered by caesarean section are reported.