Interventions
10 records in the Explore section, by name.
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Steroid medicines, dexamethasone or betamethasone, given by injection to a pregnant woman who is likely to give birth early. The medicine reaches the baby and helps the lungs mature, which can...
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Using blood pressure medicines in pregnancy when blood pressure is raised but not yet severe, instead of waiting until it becomes severe. This is a treatment strategy, not one drug. Different sources...
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Measuring your own blood pressure with a device, at home or somewhere else outside the clinic.
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Starting skin-to-skin care within hours of birth, even before a small baby is fully stable, with the mother staying in the newborn unit.
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Holding the baby skin-to-skin on the mother's chest for long periods, together with breastfeeding.
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A small daily dose of aspirin taken during pregnancy by women at higher risk of pre-eclampsia, to help prevent it. In England, NICE tells clinicians to advise 75 mg to 150 mg a day, from 12 weeks of...
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Measuring the blood a woman loses after birth with a tool, instead of judging it by eye. WHO recommends doing this for every woman giving birth, and uses measured amounts in its criteria for deciding...
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A blood test for placental growth factor (PlGF), alone or as a ratio with a second protein, used together with a clinician's usual assessment when pre-eclampsia is suspected before 37 weeks...
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A package for hospitals. Staff measure blood loss at vaginal births with a calibrated drape, and when heavy bleeding is detected they start a standard set of treatments straight away. The set covers...
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A medicine given into a vein, on top of usual care, to women who are bleeding heavily after birth. It works by slowing the breakdown of blood clots. In the WOMAN trial it lowered deaths from bleeding...