COVID-19: journal, books and databases with some freely available content
Last updated 8th April 2020, 2240 UK time. Items added at that time are marked NEW.Some publishers are making COVID-19 related content available in PubMed Central - they are asterisked on a list from the WellcomeGIDIF-RBM (an Italian association for health librarians) have a list of freely available resourcesAmerican Academy of Pediatrics - Critical updates and resources for pediatriciansAmerican College of Physicians - A collection of Annals of Internal Medicine articles related to coronavirus is freely available.American Medical Association - JAMA Network COVID-19 inform...
Source: Browsing - March 26, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 NCOV Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: journals and databases with some freely available content
List transferred from another page. Last updated 26th March 2020, 1835 UK time. Items added at that time are marked NEW.Some publishers are making COVID-19 related content available in PubMed Central - they are asterisked on a list from the WellcomeGIDIF-RBM (an Italian association for health librarians) have a list of freely available resourcesAmerican Medical Association - JAMA Network COVID-19 information collectionAmerican Society for Microbiology - research articles about COVID-19, and a toolkit to help spread information.BioOne - articles in journals hosted in ...
Source: Browsing - March 26, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 NCOV Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 25th March 2020
Some recent things you may need to know.ResearchMembrane sweeping for induction of labour (Cochrane systematic review)Efficacy of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Insomnia Symptoms Among Pregnant Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial(JAMA Psychiatry)Waterbirth in low ‐risk pregnancy: An exploration of women’s experiences (Journal of Advanced Nursing)Ask your librarian if you are having problems accessing full text (for University of Leicester staff and students,that ' s me librarians@le.ac.uk)Coronavirus resources, my lists, being kept up to date.Stay safe. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - March 25, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: blogs
Philosophical considerations about COVID-19
And the third.For some algorithmic reason, my phone alerted me to one of these pieces on the Daily Nous, "information and news for and about the philosophy profession " .They are about some of the philosophical issues raised by the pandemic, including reflections on reactions to it, discussion of how we count things, and the need for transparency in data. Thinking Rationally About Coronavirus COVID-19Further Philosophical Considerations about Covid-19:Why We Need TransparencyWhile you in the Daily Nous, you might look for the piece discussing what academic journals need to do in this time of pandemic,...
Source: Browsing - March 18, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus Source Type: blogs
Plague paintings
My second trip beyond the medical and health science of epidemics.Here is an interesting Guardian article by Jonathan Jones, about paintings that depict plague. Along with portrayals of victims, saints, and the Apocalypse, there is a lovely portrait by Rembrandt of Hendrickje Stoffels. She was his partner in business and also in life.She died of the plaguewhen a ship from Algiers brought the plague to Amsterdam.... even then there were ways for disease to make long journeys.I think the portrait is this one in the National Gallery in London (closed from tomorrow because of the current coronavirus...
Source: Browsing - March 18, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus Source Type: blogs
Albert Camus' The plague
First of three epidemic/pandemic related posts, but going beyond the medical and health science.As it happens, I was reading this book when the current coronavirus outbreak started. There is aninteresting piece about the book, written at the end of last week, on Literary Hub.The novel describes a fictional outbreak of bubonic plague in the town of Oran in Algeria, people ' s reactions to it, and each other, and the decisions that had to be taken.I am not (and neither is the author of the piece) comparing COVID-19 to bubonic plague but reading the story now does make some of those issues take on a certain relevan...
Source: Browsing - March 18, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 17th March 2020
Some things you may need to know, a day earlier than usual ... CQCGetting safer faster: key areas for improvement in maternity servicesNICEFetal alcohol spectrum disorder - consultation on Quality StandardNHS EnglandBetter births four years on: a review of progressBetter births was published in 2016 and examined ways to reduce perinatal and maternal mortality.ResearchIdentified through McMaster ' s Evidence Alerts. Links are to full text but you may need advice from your library if you cannot access it.Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy(Cochrane review)Universal screen...
Source: Browsing - March 17, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: Current awareness
Last updated 14th March 2020, 1720 UK time.Keep up to date with the scientific literature (new page)PubMed (my strategy, last amended 24th February 2020) - sorted by date added to PubMedPubMed (Robert Polson, University of the Highlands and Islands library), search and feed of resultsList of recent publications (CDC)NEW - Scientific findings about coronavirus (WHO database, accessible from this page)QxMD are maintaining a collection of papers about the coronavirus.To run your own search you are welcome to use my strategy (see above), or:A more detailed search strategy from PHE ' s Finding the ...
Source: Browsing - March 14, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 NCOV Wuhan Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 11th March 2020
University and College Union industrial action is disrupting my blogposts at the moment, but I thought this one could not wait...RCOG guidance on managing coronavirus in pregnancyNews itemRCOG guidance on COVID-19 and pregnancyRCOG information for pregnant women and their families (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - March 11, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 midwifery NCOV Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 4th March 2020
Where is last week ' s? Some disruption to service caused by the current University and College Union industrial action. Why are we striking? Read more at https://ucu.org.uk/strikeforuss andhttps://ucu.org.uk/he2019.Some recent things you may need to know. Official statisticsConceptions in England and Wales, 2018Quarterly conceptions to women aged under 18 years, England and Wales, October - December 2018Female Genital Mutilation October 2019 - December 2019 (NHS Digital)Maternity Services Monthly Statistics November 2019, experimental statisticsStatistics on Women ' ...
Source: Browsing - March 4, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 19th February 2020
Some new things from NICE you may need to know about:Clinical Guideline CG192, Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance has been updated. The guidance on valproate (and perhaps other things) have been updated.New medical technologies guidanceonEpiscissors-60 for mediolateral episiotomy. MTG47. NICE is consulting on its guideline on preterm labour and birth, NG25, to check if it needs updating. Join the consultation.A reminder of our coronavirus resources.Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - February 19, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 12th February 2020
Some recent things you might need.CoronavirusI am compilingcoronavirus resources. In the newsIs it impossible to breastfeed and have a full-time job? (Guardian)Part of the Guardian ' s Feminist economics series, looking particularly at the United States.Research (ask your librarian about access to full text)Found through EvidenceAlerts, a McMaster University alert service that alerts you to recent research that practitioners have found relevant.Prospective evaluation of screening performance of first-trimester prediction models for preterm preeclampsia in an Asian population (published in American Journal of Obstetric...
Source: Browsing - February 12, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 5th February 2020
Some recent things you might want to know...CoronavirusNICE Evidence Search is a good place to find things relating to the current outbreak. I am maintaining listson this blog. StatisticsBreastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth: 2019 to 2020 quarterly data (Public Health England)Maternity Services Monthly Statistics October 2019, experimental statistics (NHS Digital)Pregnancy in artGreat expectations: art ' s struggle to depict pregnancy (Guardian)NICE Interventional Procedures GuidanceFetoscopic prenatal repair for open neural tube defects in the fetus (IPG667)Open prenatal repair for open neural tube defects ...
Source: Browsing - February 5, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 29th January 2020
Two weeks ' worth of things you may need to know.Novel coronavirus - I am collecting clinical informationon a separate post.Care Quality CommissionMaternity services survey 2019, looking at the experience of women receiving maternity servicesCase studiesWest Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership are inviting service user participation through Maternity Voices Partnerships.NewsCoroner ' s ruling in the case of Gabriela Pintilie, who died following a postpartum haemorrhage. (Guardian)Systematic reviewAntenatal magnesium sulphate and adverse neonatal outcomes. Abstract of this PLoS Medicine revie...
Source: Browsing - January 29, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: information for health professionals
The epidemiology and genetics page may also have useful information. As might the new page on current awareness.Last updated 14th March 2020, 1705 UK time.UK government advice for health professionals and organisations.NHS England coronavirus information for clinicians.For other information relevant to the NHS, useNHS Evidence Search.Public Health England have a comprehensive list of resources, Finding the Evidence: Coronavirus, including many of interest to health professionals (some resources may not be available to University of Leicester members, who are welcome to contact their library to check.&n...
Source: Browsing - January 25, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 NCOV Wuhan Source Type: blogs
