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List of works by Deirdre J. Murphy

A cohort study of maternal and neonatal morbidity in relation to use of sequential instruments at operative vaginal delivery

scientific article published in February 2011

A pregnant Jehovah's witness

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

A prospective cohort study of alcohol exposure in early and late pregnancy within an urban population in Ireland

scientific article (publication date: 17 February 2014)

A prospective cohort study of maternal and neonatal morbidity in relation to use of episiotomy at operative vaginal delivery.

scientific article published on December 2008

A prospective cohort study of the morbidity associated with operative vaginal deliveries performed by day and at night

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A randomised controlled trial of oxytocin 5IU and placebo infusion versus oxytocin 5IU and 30IU infusion for the control of blood loss at elective caesarean section—Pilot study. ISRCTN 40302163

scientific article published in January 2009

A randomised controlled trial of routine versus restrictive use of episiotomy at operative vaginal delivery: a multicentre pilot study.

scientific article published on December 2008

A retrospective cohort study of mode of delivery among public and private patients in an integrated maternity hospital setting

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Active versus expectant management for women in the third stage of labour

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An Australian and New Zealand survey of practice of the use of oxytocin at elective caesarean section

scientific article published in February 2010

An obstetric perspective

scientific article published in The Lancet

Antenatal and Intrapartum care of a pregnant woman with glycogen storage disease type 1a

scientific article published in January 2005

Authors' reply: Does ultrasound determination of fetal occiput position improve labour outcome?

scientific article published on 25 August 2014

Behavioural change in relation to alcohol exposure in early pregnancy and impact on perinatal outcomes--a prospective cohort study

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Caesarean delivery in the second stage of labour

scientific article published in September 2006

Case-control study of antenatal and intrapartum risk factors for cerebral palsy in very preterm singleton babies

scientific article published in The Lancet

Cohort study of forceps delivery and the risk of epilepsy in adulthood.

scientific article published in August 2004

Cohort study of maternal and neonatal morbidity in relation to use of episiotomy at instrumental vaginal delivery

scientific article published in July 2005

Cohort study of operative delivery in the second stage of labour and standard of obstetric care

scientific article published in June 2003

Cohort study of the decision to delivery interval and neonatal outcome for emergency operative vaginal delivery

scientific article published in February 2007

Cohort study of the neonatal outcome of twin pregnancies that were treated with prophylactic or rescue antenatal corticosteroids

scientific article published in August 2002

Correlation of angiotensin converting enzyme activity and the genotypes of the I/D polymorphism in the ACE gene with preterm birth and birth weight

scientific article published on 28 August 2008

Decision-making about mode of delivery after previous caesarean section: development and piloting of two computer-based decision aids

scientific article published on June 2007

Decision-making in operative vaginal delivery: when to intervene, where to deliver and which instrument to use? Qualitative analysis of expert clinical practice

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

Delivery outcomes for nulliparous women at the extremes of maternal age - a cohort study.

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Early maternal and neonatal morbidity associated with operative delivery in second stage of labour: a cohort study

scientific article published in October 2001

Economic Evaluation of the DiAMOND Randomized Trial: Cost and Outcomes of 2 Decision Aids for Mode of Delivery among Women with a Previous Cesarean Section

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Effect of Operative Delivery in the Second Stage of Labor on Breastfeeding Success

scientific article published in December 2003

Effect of antenatal corticosteroids on postmortem brain weight of preterm babies

scientific article published in July 2001

Establishing the accuracy and acceptability of abdominal ultrasound to define the foetal head position in the second stage of labour: a validation study

scientific article published on 2 July 2012

Failure to progress in the second stage of labour.

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Fertility and pregnancy outcomes in men and women with cystic fibrosis in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 8 July 2004

Financial rewards for pregnant smokers who quit

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Impact of a personal learning plan supported by an induction meeting on academic performance in undergraduate Obstetrics and Gynaecology: a cluster randomised controlled trial

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Implementation of guidelines on oxytocin use at caesarean section: a survey of practice in Great Britain and Ireland

scientific article published on 6 November 2009

Instrumental delivery and ultrasound : a multicentre randomised controlled trial of ultrasound assessment of the fetal head position versus standard care as an approach to prevent morbidity at instrumental delivery

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Is operative delivery associated with postnatal back pain at eight weeks and eight months? A cohort study

scientific article published on 04 September 2007

Maternal and neonatal morbidity in relation to the instrument used for mid-cavity rotational operative vaginal delivery: a prospective cohort study

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Maternal haemodynamics at elective caesarean section: a randomised comparison of oxytocin 5-unit bolus and placebo infusion with oxytocin 5-unit bolus and 30-unit infusion

scientific article published on 2 March 2010

Medication use in early pregnancy-prevalence and determinants of use in a prospective cohort of women

scientific article published on April 2010

Methadone and perinatal outcomes: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 8 May 2012

Methadone and perinatal outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 08 December 2010

Methadone dose and neonatal abstinence syndrome-systematic review and meta-analysis

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Methadone dosing and prescribed medication use in a prospective cohort of opioid-dependent pregnant women

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Morbidity experienced by women before and after operative vaginal delivery: prospective cohort study nested within a two-centre randomised controlled trial of restrictive versus routine use of episiotomy

scientific article published on 6 March 2013

Mortality and morbidity associated with early-onset preeclampsia

scientific article published in January 2000

Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years after operative delivery in the second stage of labor: a cohort study.

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Non-technical skills for obstetricians conducting forceps and vacuum deliveries: qualitative analysis by interviews and video recordings

scientific article published in April 2010

Obstetric management of a woman's first delivery and the implications for pelvic floor surgery in later life

scientific article published in August 2005

Operative vaginal delivery and episiotomy

scientific article published in July 2008

Operative vaginal delivery and the use of episiotomy—A survey of practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

Oxytocin bolus versus oxytocin bolus and infusion for control of blood loss at elective caesarean section: double blind, placebo controlled, randomised trial

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Perinatal outcomes in a subsequent pregnancy among women who have experienced recurrent miscarriage: a retrospective cohort study

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Placental infection and risk of cerebral palsy in very low birth weight infants

scientific article published in November 1996

Polymorphisms of the angiotensin converting enzyme gene in early-onset and late-onset pre-eclampsia

scientific article published on 4 January 2010

Polymorphisms of the angiotensin converting enzyme gene in relation to intrauterine growth restriction

scientific article published in September 2010

Poor glycated haemoglobin control and adverse pregnancy outcomes in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review of observational studies

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Population-based study of smoking behaviour throughout pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Preferences for mode of delivery after previous caesarean section: what do women want, what do they get and how do they value outcomes?

scientific article published on 23 September 2010

Prenatal risk factors for Caesarean section. Analyses of the ALSPAC cohort of 12,944 women in England

scientific article published on 19 January 2005

Prevalence and predictors of periconceptional folic acid uptake--prospective cohort study in an Irish urban obstetric population.

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Prevalence, predictors and perinatal outcomes of peri-conceptional alcohol exposure--retrospective cohort study in an urban obstetric population in Ireland

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Prospective cohort study of water immersion for labour and birth compared with standard care in an Irish maternity setting

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Qualitative analysis by interviews and video recordings to establish the components of a skilled low-cavity non-rotational vacuum delivery.

scientific article published on January 2009

Qualitative analysis by interviews and video recordings to establish the components of a skilled rotational forceps delivery

scientific article published on 25 July 2013

Risk factors and morbidity associated with suboptimal instrument placement at instrumental delivery: observational study nested within the Instrumental Delivery & Ultrasound randomised controlled trial ISRCTN 72230496.

scientific article published on 21 November 2014

Shifting the balance of care--or imaginative healthcare accounting?

scientific article published in January 2005

Smoking in pregnancy

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Student attendance and academic performance in undergraduate obstetrics/gynecology clinical rotations

scientific article published in December 2013

Study protocol. ECSSIT - Elective Caesarean Section Syntocinon Infusion Trial. A multi-centre randomised controlled trial of oxytocin (Syntocinon) 5 IU bolus and placebo infusion versus oxytocin 5 IU bolus and 40 IU infusion for the control of blood

scientific article published on 24 August 2009

Study protocol. IDUS - Instrumental delivery & ultrasound: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of ultrasound assessment of the fetal head position versus standard care as an approach to prevent morbidity at instrumental delivery

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Team Objective Structured Bedside Assessment (TOSBA) as formative assessment in undergraduate Obstetrics and Gynaecology: a cohort study

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

The effect of mode of delivery and gestational age on neonatal outcome of the non-cephalic-presenting second twin

scientific article published in November 2002

The influence of mode of delivery and ACE genotype on serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity in the mother and infant at term

scientific article published in October 2007

The local adaptation of national recommendations for preventing early-onset neonatal Group B Streptococcal disease in UK maternity units.

scientific article published on April 2008

The reliability of foetal blood sampling as a test of foetal acidosis in labour

scientific article published on 25 December 2012

The role of modifiable pre-pregnancy risk factors in preventing adverse fetal outcomes among women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

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Transmission of HIV

scientific article published in The Lancet

Two decision aids for mode of delivery among women with previous caesarean section: randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 31 May 2007

Ultrasound assessment of fetal head circumference at the onset of labor as a predictor of operative delivery

scientific article published on 14 November 2014

Use of oxytocin to prevent haemorrhage at caesarean section--a survey of practice in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 4 June 2007

Uterine rupture

scientific article published in April 2006

Utopian Theory and the Discourse of Natural Birth

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Weight and pregnancy

scientific article published on July 2007

Women’s experience of decision making about mode of delivery after a previous caesarean section: the role of health professionals and information about health risks

scientific article published in November 2006