Journal Issue - Volume 114 Issue 7 (July 2007)

Editor's Choice

• Editor’s Choice
• Philip Steer
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01428.x (p i-ii)

Commentaries

• The state of political priority for safe motherhood in India
• J Shiffman, RR Ved
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01374.x (p 785-790)

• Protecting the health and safety of female sex workers: the responsibility of all
• T Sanders
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01378.x (p 791-793)

• Does fetal bladder drainage have a role? PLUTO—a trial long overdue
• M Whittle
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01383.x (p 794-795)

Systematic review

• Use of C‐reactive protein as a predictor of chorioamnionitis in preterm prelabour rupture of membranes: a systematic review
• RD Trochez‐Martinez, P Smith, RF Lamont
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01385.x (p 796-801)

General obstetrics

• Randomised controlled trial of two antenatal care models in rural Zimbabwe
• F Majoko, SP Munjanja, L Nyström, E Mason, G Lindmark
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01372.x (p 802-811)

• Follow up and evaluation of the Victorian first‐trimester combined screening programme for Down syndrome and trisomy 18
• AM Jaques, JL Halliday, I Francis, L Bonacquisto, R Forbes, A Cronin, LJ Sheffield
• Published online on May 15, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01349.x (p 812-818)

• Change in heart rate variability in relation to a significant ST‐event associates with newborn metabolic acidosis
• S Siira, T Ojala, E Ekholm, T Vahlberg, S Blad, KG Rosén
• Published online on May 16, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01369.x (p 819-823)

Intrapartum care

• Concurrent oxytocin with dinoprostone pessary versus dinoprostone pessary in labour induction of nulliparas with an unfavourable cervix: a randomised placebo‐controlled trial
• PC Tan, SD Valiapan, PYS Tay, SZ Omar
• Published online on May 16, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01384.x (p 824-832)

• Accuracy of cervical assessment in the active phase of labour
• EJ Buchmann, E Libhaber
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01386.x (p 833-837)

• Aromatherapy in childbirth: a pilot randomised controlled trial
• E Burns, V Zobbi, D Panzeri, R Oskrochi, A Regalia
• Published online on May 16, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01381.x (p 838-844)

• Variations in policies for management of the third stage of labour and the immediate management of postpartum haemorrhage in Europe
• C Winter, A Macfarlane, C Deneux‐Tharaux, W‐H Zhang, S Alexander, P Brocklehurst, M‐H Bouvier‐Colle, W Prendiville, V Cararach, J Van Roosmalen, I Berbik, M Klein, D Ayres‐de‐Campos, R Erkkola, LM Chiechi, J Langhoff‐Roos, B Stray‐Pedersen, C Troeger
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01377.x (p 845-854)

Epidemiology

• Trends in mode of delivery during 1984–2003: can they be explained by pregnancy and delivery complications?
• CM O’Leary, N De Klerk, J Keogh, C Pennell, J De Groot, L York, S Mulroy, FJ Stanley
• Published online on May 15, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01307.x (p 855-864)

• Maternal mortality in Yunnan, China: recent trends and associated factors
• J Li, C Luo, R Deng, P Jacoby, N De Klerk
• Published online on May 16, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01362.x (p 865-874)

Sexual health

• Health needs and service use of parlour‐based prostitutes compared with street‐based prostitutes: a cross‐sectional survey
• N Jeal, C Salisbury
• Published online on Jun 12, 2007
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01379.x (p 875-881)