TABLE 14

Participants and samples in the PITCHES-M study and BEATS

HospitalTotal
St Thomas’Queen Charlotte’s and ChelseaNottingham City
PITCHES-M participants, n439658
PITCHES-M samples, n983614148
 Maternal blood3110445
 Maternal urine278439
 Maternal faeces3306
 Placenta127322
 Umbilical cord blood127019
 Meconium131317
Total number (number post VTC) of PITCHES–BEATS fetal ECG traces17 (7)3 (2)1 (1)21 (10)

From: Chapter 2, PITCHES mechanistic studies (led by Professor Catherine Williamson and Dr Peter H Dixon)

Cover of Ursodeoxycholic acid to reduce adverse perinatal outcomes for intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: the PITCHES RCT
Ursodeoxycholic acid to reduce adverse perinatal outcomes for intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: the PITCHES RCT.
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