What ' s new in midwifery - 16th September 2020

The gap since the last post suggests weekly is too difficult, so I will aim to post on this topic once a fortnight.  In the newsPlans to record pregnant women ' s alcohol consumption on their child ' s medical records are being considered by NICE, according to theGuardian, This isNICE ' s consultation on a quality standard for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.  It certainly suggests recording alcohol consumption on the woman ' s records, and transferring that information to the child ' s records.  This is statement 2 in the document at https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-qs10139/consultation/html-content-3, consultation open until this Friday, the 18th.FeedingAconsensus statement from the US National Academies on feeding infants and children from birth to 24 months, COVID-19A review ofoutcomes and vertical transmission in pregnancy (full text).Andanother of outcomes, (abstract only).Postpartum depressionReducing the risk inadolescent mothers,  (abstract only).Fetal heart monitoringEvaluation of two strategies for external fetal electrocardiogram monitoring, (abstract only).Blood pressureCochrane systematic review of setting and technique for monitoring a woman ' s blood pressure during pregnancy, (full text).Ask your librarian, if you have one, about accessing full text of these if the link does not give you access.Acknowledgement: McMaster ' s Evidence Alerts, for the research articles.  Articles inclu...
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