What's new in midwifery - 5th December 2018

Some recent things you might need to know about.

News

CRISPR babies - STATNews

CRISPR babies - BMJ

NHS to introduce mental health checks for new fathers

Research

NIHR Signals

Steroids rapidly reduce children’s croup symptoms and shorten hospital stays (includes babies)(NIHR Signals review of a recent Cochrane review).

Lab grown placentas and pregnancy research.  Guardian report of research letter in Nature. 

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Management of severe pregnancy sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum (BMJ)

Constant sickness is not good news (BMJ - personal experiences)

 

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust  - 

CQC review following perinatal deaths

BMJ

Guardian

Statistics

Maternity Services Monthly Statistics - August 2018, Experimental statistics, 
NHS Resolution Maternity incentive scheme year one results,

Articles

Pregnant Women and the Ebola Crisis (New England Journal of Medicine Perspective), 

Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin