Julia Thorpe

McMaster University | McMaster · Division of Midwifery

To evaluate the success of an external cephalic version (ECV) training programme, and to determine the rates of successful ECV, complications, and caesarean birth in a low-risk population. Prospective observational study. Primary health care and hospital settings throughout the Netherlands (January 2008-September 2011). Low-risk women with a single...

Clustering of outcomes at centers involved in multicenter trials is a type of center effect. The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials Statement recommends that multicenter randomized controlled trials (RCTs) should account for center effects in their analysis, however most do not. The Early External Cephalic Version (EECV) trials published in...

Background There has been a renewed interest in the place of birth, including intended home birth, for low risk women. In the absence of adequately-sized randomised controlled trials, a recent Cochrane review recommended that a systematic review and meta-analysis, including observational studies, be undertaken to inform this topic. The objective of...

Most provinces in Canada now offer regulated midwifery, but the way services are delivered across the country varies. The Canadian Midwifery Regulators Consortium has identified a need to examine the different ways in which care is being organized; this is to determine what elements are essential to maintain and where flexibility is desirable, in o...

Objective: Despite the evidence that antiretroviral treatment (ART) interruption increases the risk of various negative outcomes, it is still likely that HIV/hepatitis C (HCV) co-infected patients will discontinue ART for several reasons. The impact of interruption on liver fibrosis progression in co-infected adults was examined, using the aspartat...