What's new in midwifery - COVID vaccinations and pregnancy
The Guardian, and I am sure other sources, are reporting theproportion of critically ill patients with COVID that are unvaccinated pregnant women, and thatpregnant women are not taking the vaccine, orbeing turned away from vaccination clinics despite official advice.The Guardian has also reported somepersonal experiences of pregnant women about the vaccine.So what is the guidance? Here are three things specific to the UK (or England, in one case, I guess):Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, last updated in October 2021, Royal College of Midwives vaccines Q and APublic Health England advice on...
Source: Browsing - October 27, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: COVID-19 midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 27th October 2021 - In the news
Some recent news items you might have missed:A call from doctors for there to bemore help available to women after a first miscarriage. Mothers threatened with social services for refusing maternity care: Three items on pregnancy in prison:Guards, not mother, offered counselling after death of a newborn. A report into that birth isdiscussed in the Guardian.Government ministers are standing firm on the jailing of pregnant women. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - October 27, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 27th October 2021 - research
Two pieces of research you might need to know about:A French study of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, reporting data from the national CONCEPTION (Cohort of Cardiovascular Diseases in Pregnancy) study.And astudy from Cameroon of antibiotics to prevent peripartum infection. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - October 27, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - hyperemesis gravidarum
An interesting piece on BBC Breakfast News this morning about hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), extreme, debilitating vomiting in pregnancy.It seems not uncommon that health professionals tell women with HG that it is " just " morning sickness...Here are some resources which distinguish the two and may be more help.ThePregnancy Sickness Support website is a wealth of support and resources, including a chat facility and a phone number.There is aCochrane review of interventions.And aRCOG Green Top guideline, which covers nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and HG as separate conditions. BBC Breakfast only remains on the B...
Source: Browsing - October 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - safety of maternity services
The Health and Social Care Committee recently evaluated safety of maternity services in England -here are the government ' s responses.ACQC report into safety, equity and engagement in maternity services. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - October 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 20th October 2021 - New research
Some recent research you might need to know about:A study ofsunflower seed oil to reduce neonatal sepsis and mortality, a study carried out in Uttar Pradesh. A systematic review of howsonographic knowledge can help decrease failed operative vaginal delivery.ThePregnancy Adapted Geneva score (PAG) to assess the probability of pulmonary embolism during pregnancy.A study looking at any association ofepidural anaesthesia with autism spectrum disorder in children.Three Cochrane systematic reviews:Paracetamol/acetaminophen for perineal pain in the postnatal periodInstruments for assisted vaginal birth Physiologica...
Source: Browsing - October 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Have not had any Bach lately, so...
I thought it was time for some more Bach.Three very lovely, quiet pieces, very different fromthat famous one or some of the pieces I talked about inan earlier post.Here they are in order (of course) of BWV number. All played by Leo van Doeselaar, as part of he Netherlands Bach Society All of Bach collection. Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617. I think it would be lovely if God ' s opening the heavens was like this, and not crashingly dramatic.An Wasserfluessen Babylon, BWV 653Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721All very lovely at any time but perhaps especially at the e...
Source: Browsing - October 8, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: music Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 16th September 2021
Some recent things you may want to know about. There may be other items on Twitter - I retweet using #whatsnewinmidwiferyFirst aCochrane systematic review looking at the routine use of ultrasound for foetal assessment before 24 weeks gestation.And an RCT looking at theusefulness of ultrasound to measure the lower uterine segment in women who have had a caesarean before, to determine who is at risk of uterine rupture, In the news,Shrewsbury and Telford hospital admits liability for the death of a baby born stillborn after the concerns of the mother were not heeded, And a discussion ofsupport for postnat...
Source: Browsing - September 16, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Foetal alcohol syndrome
There was an item on BBC ' s Look North yesterday, 9th September, about this, an interview with a mother whose baby was affected by her excess drinking during pregnancy.9th September is International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day, marked by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in the US.Librarians like to point out synonyms - foetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (and the variation in spelling foetal!). Here are some resources:NIAAACenters for Disease Control and Prevention (US) From the UK:NHS UKTommy ' s National Organisation for ...
Source: Browsing - September 10, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 1st September 2021
I have tagged other things on Twitter: #whatsnewinmidwifery.Some recent things you might want to know:AGuardian news report about MHRA investigations into any link between the COVID vaccine and miscarriage, and the COVID vaccine and changes to periods. And another on recent research on the effect of mothers ' speech on pain scores in preterm infants undergoing a painful procedure. There is areport in the Guardian, and theresearch article itself is open access.NICE has new guidance on antenatal care (which I may have mentioned before, but just in case...).Some new research:Does adding placental growth...
Source: Browsing - September 1, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery: miscarriage
A report of research by Tommy ' sreporting PTSD as a result of miscarriage.A personal story, reported in a Guardian opinion piece, and apodcast by the same writer.I retweet items of interest as #whatsnewinmidwifery. I may include those items on the blog, but quite possibly I may not. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - August 16, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 16th August 2021 (part 2)
Some things about other topics that you might need to know about (you might need a subscription or a librarian to get access to some of these):A Cochrane review of theuse of low dose misoprostol for inducing labour.A systematic review ofinterventions to reduce complications after shoulder dystocia.A systematic review of the use oflow molecular weight heparin to prevent pre-eclampsia and other placenta mediated complications.Preterm labour and birthA systematic review of the use of theArabin pessary to prevent preterm birth in women with twin pregnancies, A study of the impact of theQUiPP app on threatened preterm labo...
Source: Browsing - August 16, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 16th August 2021 (part 1)
Got a bit behind (again). First, some COVID related things you might need to know about:First, anumbrella review of COVID-19 and pregnancy, covering clinical presentation, vertical transmission, and outcomes for mother and baby.And then asystematic review and meta analysis of data, looking at clinical presentation and outcomes based on severity of infection.And a Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme rapid report about learning from COVID related maternal deaths in the UK.News itemsHowmixed messaging might be driving vaccine hesistancy in pregnant women in the UK (a few weeks old n...
Source: Browsing - August 16, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 7th July 2021
Some things you might want to know about. If I see something on Twitter I think you ought to know about, I (@knockels) retweet it with#whatsnewinmidwifery. Those things may well not be listed on the blog.First asystematic review of whether cold gel or ice packs have an effect on episiotomy pain.Then, a Dutch cohort study ofwhether excision of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia can lead to preterm birth.And then, a systematic review of theefficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions to manage labour pain.And two items from the news, both from the Guardian:About the Commons Health Committee...
Source: Browsing - July 7, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 24th June 2021
Some recent things you might like to know.Global healthThe use of SMS to support pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV, particularly to prevent mother to child transmission.And asystematic review of the use of antihelminthics in pregnancy to treat hookworm infestation, a major problem in some low and middle income countries MiscarriageA systematic review ofmethods for managing miscarriage. Postpartum VTEResearch looking at amodel to predict women most at risk. Caesarean sectionResearch looking at efficacy and safety oflocal anaesthetic techniques for postoperative analgesia.And a systematic review lo...
Source: Browsing - June 24, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
