Fetal lactate measurement to reduce caesarean sections during labour: a randomised trial

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1026042

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Caesarean section rates in Australia are well above the World Health Organization’s recommended level. Many babies appear unhealthy in labour, so they are born by caesarean. They are usually healthy at birth, meaning that the operation could have been avoided. In this study, half the babies who seem distressed will have a blood test for lactate and the other half will not. We will then determine whether having a lactate test makes a difference in the number women having caesarean births.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $386,600.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

caesarean section | clinical trial | evaluation studies | fetal distress | monitoring

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