What's new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023 - Research
Some recent research you might like to know about. Payment, a subscription, or if you have one, a librarian, might be needed to get full text access.Acupuncture and doxylamine-pyridoxine for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy : a randomized, controlled, 2 x 2 factorial trial. Real-time imaging as visual biofeedback in active second stage of labor among nulliparas: a randomized controlled trial. The effect of virtual reality glasses applied during the episiotomy on pain and satisfaction: a single blind randomized controlled study.Efficacy of early intrauterine balloon tamponade for immediate postpartum hemorrh...
Source: Browsing - August 2, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Current resources about COVID-19
(Last updated 19th June 2023)IntroductionDuring lockdown I maintained a set of blogposts linking to resources about COVID. I have not updated those for some time, and have now decided that they are no longer needed. I have added the word " Archived " to the start of each page title, and tried to make it clear that they are no longer updated. Of course, COVID-19 has not gone away, and has become one of the infectious diseases that is with us always. So, I think although those older posts are no longer useful, a current list of resources might be. So, here is a shorter...
Source: Browsing - June 19, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 16th June 2023 - disparities in maternal health
First aLancet meta-analysis of the effect of race and ethnicity on perinatal outcomes in higher income countries. The Lancet article is open access. There is also this plain language summary from the NIHR.Then, theBlack Maternity Experiences Survey, about the UK (PDF, on the Latest Health News blog from Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service), byFive X More.AndInvisible: maternity experiences of Muslim women from racialised minority communities (PDF) from Muslim Women ' s Network UK. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - June 16, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 13th June 2023 (2)
Some new research. Most of this identified through McMaster ' s Evidence Alerts, so thanks to them. I have given links to the article (subscription, payment or librarian intervention may be needed to access the full article) or in some cases, the record in PubMed.Three relating toperinatal mental healthInternet delivered psychological interventions for reducing depressive, anxiety symptoms and fear of childbirth in pregnant women - a systematic review.An interactive childbirth education platform to improve pregnancy-related anxiety - an RCT.Another RCT, Effect of immediate referral vs a brief pr...
Source: Browsing - June 13, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 13th June 2023 - policy, surveys and statistics
Some new things you might want to know about.First, aGuardian report of a survey in which more than one in ten woman surveyed reported problems bonding with their newborn. Undertaken by the Parent-Infant Foundation, it also reported lack of information from health professionals.Then, the NHS Staff Council Job Evaluation Group, at the request of the RCN and RCM, has produced anational job profile review (PDF file - and thanks to the Latest Health News blog from the Library and Knowledge Service at Rotherham Hospital for this one).Rotherham ' s Latest Health News also reports thetechnical guidance for NHS Eng...
Source: Browsing - June 13, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Taking part in a study
I have tried over recent years to become a more regular blood donor. So, I signed up for a study of the experience. Would naming it here cause any sort of bias? Don ' t know, but in case, I won ' t name it. It does have a record in ISRCTN, which you can look for. One of the investigators was the lead in another study, which I also won ' t name, but I was invited to join it. It has a record in ISRCTN, which you can look for, and in which I can see that I am in Phase 3. Phase 2 was to test the feasibility of the study design. This second stu...
Source: Browsing - June 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: clinical trials research Source Type: blogs
Retracted articles
I wonder if in some teaching sessions I ought to mention two more things, that relate to the literature the teaching hopefully helps students find. One thing is retracted articles.The other thing is peer review. Actually in some sessions with first year students, we do talk about the peer review process, and I recommend they look to see if an information source has some sort of peer review process in place. Maybe having a sort of process is better than not having one at all. But I am coming across more about the shortcomings of the process. I occasionally r...
Source: Browsing - June 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: peer review retractions Source Type: blogs
Missa Luba
We had a record of this in the house when I was growing up. I can ' t remember what I knew about it - maybe that it was from Africa, but maybe not which country. (I realise now that " from Africa " is not a meaningful description any more than describingpibroch orcerdd dant as " from Europe " would be). We had a lot of folk music in the house, so perhaps I saw it as folk music. And perhaps there is truth in that.I now have that same record in my house. The front of the record sleeve is shown above.It is on Spotify, and most of it is inThe Planet ' s Greatest African Music volume 2, dated ...
Source: Browsing - May 22, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: music Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 10th May 2023
Some things you might find useful.There is a newLancet series on " small vulnerable newborns " . The first in the series argues for that new term, to include preterm births, SGA and LBW. That article is discussed in the Guardian. A newMaternal Mental Health Foundation report (PDF) on specialist perinatal mental health care, discussed in the Guardian.A NIHR Evidence Alert - summary of a research article - onthe need for women who tear or who have a surgical cut to get prompt antibiotics. A research article, Application of the Modified Early Obstetrical Warning Syst...
Source: Browsing - May 10, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 26th April 2023
A collection of new things that might be useful to know about:NICEdraft guidance on Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies, out for consultation, closing 6th June 2023. Expected to be published in September. Umbrella review of interventions to reduce late onset sepsis in neonates (open access).Medscape report of a trial running in Southampton of remote testing technology for gestational diabetes mellitus.Guardian report of a woman who miscarried after 9 weeks being fined for claiming free prescriptions. This made me aware of the maternity exemption certificate that midwives can ...
Source: Browsing - April 26, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 13th April 2023
I know, it is not long since the last set of posts. I am (as you can guess) a bit behind. Here are some more recent things you might want to know. All sorts of things in one post this time.NewsAddressing Inequities to IMPROVE Maternal Health for All, from the director of the National Library of Medicine, for Black Maternal Health Week in the USA.NICE guidanceGenedrive MT-RNR1 ID Kit for detecting a genetic variant to guide antibiotic use and prevent hearing loss in babies: early value assessment, HTE6, 30th March 2023.ReportsNHS Preceptorship for Midwifery - , March 2023. This is the ...
Source: Browsing - April 13, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - some other things - 12th April 2023
An article in Journal of Advanced Nursing ondecolonizing nursing education and research to address racial disparities in maternal health. The authors are at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing in Amherst, Massachusetts.The RCN ' s Clinical nurse specialists in early pregnancy care consensus statement, RCN,described on the Latest Health News blog from Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Services, with a link to the statement.Joshua Rozenberg ' sA Lawyer Writes blogpost about proposed changes to surrogacy law in England, Wales and Scotland.NHS England ' sThree year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal se...
Source: Browsing - April 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - research evidence - 12th April 2023
Recent research articles that might be useful to know about.Infant feeding method and special educational need, a cohort study of 191745 Scottish schoolchildren.von Willebrand disease in pregnancy.Another systematic review of COVID vaccination in pregnancy, abstract and link in McMaster ' s Evidence Alerts. Postpartum hypertension, abstract and link in McMaster ' s Evidence Alerts.Safety and immunogenicity of an RSV vaccine in mothers and their infants.Intravenous ketorolac after cesarean, link and abstract in McMaster ' s Evidence Alerts. Induction of labour at or near term for suspected fetal macrosomia - Cochr...
Source: Browsing - April 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - in the news - 12th April 2023
Some recent news items, with links to the original research or report where relevant.Guardian report of astudy published in PLoS Medicine about third ultrasound scans reducing the number of breech births.Health Education England report of the use of virtual reality in teaching about perinatal mental health. Report of a baby in Nuneaton who received phototherapy for neonatal jaundice.NHS Ombudsman report into maternity services,reported in the Guardian. A report into maternal and baby safety at University Hospitals Birmingham, Guardian comment piece about pain relief in childbirth, which links to a BMJ ...
Source: Browsing - April 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Justine Siegemundin
Justine Siegemund (1636-1705), midwife,was the Google Doodle for today, 28th March 2023. When young, she was misdiagnosed as pregnant when in fact she had a prolapsed uterus, and her experiences led her to train and practice as a midwife. She was Court Midwife in Berlin, in which post she delivered royal babies, and was invited to write a training manual for other midwives, the first medical book in German to be written by a woman, published in 1690. Searches in Cinahl and PubMed with variations of her name (Siegemundin, and different spellings of her first name) find just a handful of arti...
Source: Browsing - March 28, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
