The UK Breast Cancer in Pregnancy (UKBCiP) Study. Incidence, diagnosis, management and short-term outcomes of breast cancer first diagnosed during pregnancy in the United Kingdom: A population-based descriptive study.

Background: The incidence of breast cancer first arising during pregnancy has been estimated in several countries to be 2.4-7.8/100,000 births, but has not been established in the United Kingdom (UK).

Immediate birth for women between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation with prolonged preterm prelabour rupture of membranes and detection of vaginal or urine group B streptococcus: an economic evaluation.

Objective: What are the costs, benefits and harms of immediate birth compared with expectant management in women with prolonged preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) at 34 -36  weeks of gestation and detection of vaginal or urine group B streptococcus (GBS)?

Design: Mathematical decision model comprising three independent decision trees.

Setting: UK National Health Service (NHS) and personal social services perspective.

Population: Women testing positive for GBS with PPROM at 34 -36  weeks of gestation.

Incapacity in childbirth - Rare or common?

Objective: Impaired decision making ability is common on general medical wards. Audit evidence suggests that the prevalence of incapacity may be higher than previously assumed in Obstetric Emergency Procedures (OEP) during childbirth. We investigated the prevalence of incapacity in OEP and factors associated with this.

Central Fetal Monitoring With and Without Computer Analysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To evaluate whether intrapartum fetal monitoring with computer analysis and real-time alerts decreases the rate of newborn metabolic acidosis or obstetric intervention when compared with visual analysis.

Methods: A randomized clinical trial carried out in five hospitals in the United Kingdom evaluated women with singleton, vertex fetuses of 36 weeks of gestation or greater during labor. Continuous central fetal monitoring by computer analysis and online alerts (experimental arm) was compared with visual analysis (control arm).