Consent in obstetric emergency research - there is yet more to learn.

Debates about emergency research consent are especially pertinent to the obstetric setting. While there is an opportunity to approach women antenatally, this is not always appropriate: advance consent for conditions with an incidence of less than 1 in 10 is seen as potentially inducing unnecessary anxiety (RCOG Clinical Governance Advice 6a, February 2016). In our experience of patient and public involvement work (Moss et al, BJOG 2016;124:362-365) and of recruitment processes in the SALVO trial (Khan et al. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.