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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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Interventions for treating bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy.
TL;DR: The current evidence does not support screening and treating all pregnant women for bacterial vaginosis to prevent preterm birth and its consequences, and there is some suggestion that detection and treatment of bacterialvaginosis early in pregnancy may prevent a proportion of these women having a further pre term birth.
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Extreme obesity in pregnancy in the United Kingdom.
TL;DR: There is an urgent need to address prepregnancy care and weight management programs to prevent this increase in prevalence, as well as to ensure that appropriate services are in place to reduce the inequalities in pregnancy outcomes for these women.
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Uterine rupture by intended mode of delivery in the UK: a national case-control study.
Kathryn Fitzpatrick,Jennifer J Kurinczuk,Zarko Alfirevic,Patsy Spark,Peter Brocklehurst,Marian Knight +5 more
TL;DR: A case-control study using UK data estimates the risk of uterine rupture in subsequent deliveries amongst women who have had a previous caesarean section.
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The effectiveness of antenatal care programmes to reduce infant mortality and preterm birth in socially disadvantaged and vulnerable women in high-income countries: a systematic review
TL;DR: There was insufficient evidence of adequate quality to recommend routine implementation of any of the programmes as a means of reducing infant mortality in disadvantaged/vulnerable women.
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Childhood outcomes after prescription of antibiotics to pregnant women with preterm rupture of the membranes: 7-year follow-up of the ORACLE I trial
TL;DR: Neither antibiotic had a significant effect on the overall level of behavioural difficulties experienced, on specific medical conditions, or on the proportions of children achieving each level in reading, writing, or mathematics at key stage one.