Objectives To determine whether parachutes are effective in preventing major trauma related
to gravitational challenge. Design Systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Data …

Background Individuals who are small at birth are at increased risk of ischaemic heart
disease (IHD) in later life. One hypothesis to explain this association is fetal adaptation to a …

Variation in stillbirth rates across high-income countries and large equity gaps within high-income
countries persist. If all high-income countries achieved stillbirth rates equal to the best …

Whether the human fetus and the prenatal intrauterine environment (amniotic fluid and
placenta) are stably colonized by microbial communities in a healthy pregnancy remains a …

The risk of adverse perinatal outcome among 8839 women recruited to a multicenter,
prospective cohort study was related to maternal circulating concentrations of trophoblast-derived …

We sought to determine whether pre-eclampsia, spontaneous preterm birth or the delivery
of infants who are small for gestational age were associated with the presence of bacterial …

Background Previous studies have demonstrated an association between preterm delivery
and increased risk of special educational need (SEN). The aim of our study was to examine …

Background Fetal growth restriction is a major determinant of adverse perinatal outcome.
Screening procedures for fetal growth restriction need to identify small babies and then …

Background Caesarean section is associated with an increased risk of disorders of placentation
in subsequent pregnancies, but effects on the rate of antepartum stillbirth are unknown. …

Objective To determine whether a short interval between pregnancies is an independent risk
factor for adverse obstetric outcome. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Scotland. …