Can the use of a next generation partograph based on WHO’s latest intrapartum care recommendations improve neonatal outcomes? (PICRINO) Study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

• Anna Ramö Isgren ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Radha Korsoski ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations Region Västra Götaland, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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• Thomas Abrahamsson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Crown Princess Victoria Children’s Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

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• Sophia Brismar Wendel,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Karin Källén,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Reproductive Epidemiology, Tornblad Institute, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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• Louise Lundborg,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2407-2151

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• Katarina Remaeus,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Kristin Thomas,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Medicine and Caring, Medical Faculty, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Anna-Karin Wikström,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Ylva Carlsson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Region Västra Götaland, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, Centre of Perinatal Medicine and Health, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-7279

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• Marie Blomberg

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marie.blomberg@liu.se

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4679-550X

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