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Digital fetal scalp stimulation (dFSS) versus fetal blood sampling (FBS) to assess fetal wellbeing in labour—a multi-centre randomised controlled trial: Fetal Intrapartum Randomised Scalp Stimulation Trial (FIRSST NCT05306756)

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06794-9

Published Online: 2022-10-04

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Authors

Murphy, D. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6074-6718
Shahabuddin, Y.

Yambasu, S.

O’Donoghue, K.

Devane, D.

Cotter, A.

Gaffney, G.

Burke, L. A.

Molloy, E. J.

Boland, F.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Health Research Board (DIFA-FA-019)
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Article History

Received: 6 September 2022

Accepted: 26 September 2022

First Online: 4 October 2022

Declarations

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: Ethical committee approval has been granted by the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of each hospital: Dublin/CWIUH REC: 12.06.2019; Cork/UCC REC: 29.11.2019; Galway/NUIG REC: 06.09.2019; Limerick/UL REC: 30.09.2019.Written, informed consent to participate will be obtained from all participants.

: Participant information sheets and consent forms, approved by the Research Ethics Committees, advise participants that the results of the FIRSST study will be submitted for publication in a scientific journal. Participants acknowledge that they have read and understood the contents of the participant information sheets when consenting to participate in the FIRSST study. Participants will not be identified in any reports or publications.

: DJM provides medico-legal expert opinion including aspects of CTG interpretation and second-line testing.No other competing interests to declare.

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