Peter Brocklehurst

TL;DR: The PRioRiTy II project, a Priority Setting Partnership that identified and prioritised unanswered questions and uncertainties around trial retention in collaboration with key stakeholders, produces a list of 21 unanswered research questions that can inform the direction of future research on trial methods and be used by funders to guide projects aiming to address and improve retention in randomised trials.

TL;DR: This data indicates that vaginal or caesarean delivery in women with extreme obesity is a viable option and may even be beneficial in the absence of any other treatment options.

TL;DR: A randomised controlled trial of inclusion of monetary incentive (five pound voucher redeemable at many high street stores) with the reminder questionnaire to parents and an improvement in response rate appears to be justified ethically and financially.

TL;DR: The duration of transfer in births planned at home and in FMUs was estimated and the effect of distance and urgency on duration was explored and outcomes in women giving birth within 60 minutes of transfer were described.

TL;DR: Evidence shows that lying down in the second stage of labour results in more spontaneous vaginal births in nulliparous women with epidural analgesia, with no apparent disadvantages in relation to short or longer term outcomes for mother or baby.