Browsing by Author "Higgins, Shane"

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    • Comparison of midwife-led and consultant-led care of healthy women at low risk of childbirth complications in the republic of ireland: a randomised trial 

      Begley, Cecily; Devane, Declan; Clarke, Mike; McCann, Colette; Hughes, Patricia; Reilly, Mary; Maguire, Roisin; Higgins, Shane; Finan, Alan; Gormally, Siobhan; Doyle, Miriam (Springer Nature, 2011-10-29)
      Background: No midwifery-led units existed in Ireland before 2004. The aim of this study was to compare midwife-led (MLU) versus consultant-led (CLU) care for healthy, pregnant women without risk factors for labour and ...

    • Definition of intertwin birth weight discordance 

      Breathnach, Fionnuala M.; McAuliffe, Fionnuala M.; Geary, Michael; Daly, Sean; Higgins, John R.; Dornan, James; Morrison, John J.; Burke, Gerard; Higgins, Shane; Dicker, Patrick; Manning, Fiona; Mahony, Rhona; Malone, Fergal D. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2011-07-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To establish the level of birth weight discordance at which perinatal morbidity increases in monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancy. METHODS: This prospective multicenter cohort study included 1,028 ...

    • Optimum timing for planned delivery of uncomplicated monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies 

      Breathnach, Fionnuala M.; McAuliffe, Fionnuala M.; Geary, Michael; Daly, Sean; Higgins, John R.; Dornan, James; Morrison, John J.; Burke, Gerard; Higgins, Shane; Dicker, Patrick; Manning, Fiona; Carroll, Stephen; Malone, Fergal D. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2012-01-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To determine the optimum timing for planned delivery of uncomplicated monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies. METHODS: Unselected twin pregnancies were recruited for this prospective cohort study (N=1,028), ...