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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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Inequalities in maternal health: national cohort study of ethnic variation in severe maternal morbidities
TL;DR: Severe maternal morbidity is significantly more common among non-white women than among white women in the UK, particularly in black African and Caribbean ethnic groups, very similar to reported ethnic differences in maternal death rates.
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Are we prescribing multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids? A survey of practice in the UK.
TL;DR: A postal questionnaire concerned with prescribing antenatal corticosteroids was sent to one named clinician at each of 279 obstetric units in the UK, and 98% prescribed repeated courses.
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Gastrostomy feeding in cerebral palsy: a systematic review
G Sleigh,Peter Brocklehurst +1 more
TL;DR: Benefits associated with gastrostomy or jejunostomy feeding are difficult to assess from the available evidence and the substantial risk of bias in observational studies suggests that a well conducted randomised controlled trial of sufficient size will be needed.
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Implementation and conduct of therapeutic hypothermia for perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy in the UK--analysis of national data.
Denis Azzopardi,Brenda Strohm,Louise Linsell,Anna Hobson,Edmund Juszczak,Jennifer J Kurinczuk,Peter Brocklehurst,A. David Edwards +7 more
TL;DR: Therapeutic hypothermia was implemented appropriately within the UK, with significant benefit to patients and the health economy, and its endorsement by advisory bodies.
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Computerised interpretation of fetal heart rate during labour (INFANT): a randomised controlled trial
Peter Brocklehurst,David Field,Keith R. Greene,Ed Juszczak,Robert D. F. Keith,Sara Kenyon,Louise Linsell,Christopher Mabey,Mary Newburn,Rachel Plachcinski,Maria A Quigley,Elizabeth Schroeder,Philip J. Steer +12 more
TL;DR: Use of computerised interpretation of cardiotocographs in women who have continuous electronic fetal monitoring in labour does not improve clinical outcomes for mothers or babies.