Wednesday, January 29, 2020

What's new in midwifery - 29th January 2020

Two weeks' worth of things you may need to know.

Novel coronavirus - I am collecting clinical information on a separate post.

Care Quality Commission


Maternity services survey 2019, looking at the experience of women receiving maternity services

Case studies

West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership are inviting service user participation through Maternity Voices Partnerships.

News

Coroner's ruling in the case of Gabriela Pintilie, who died following a postpartum haemorrhage. (Guardian)

Systematic review

Antenatal magnesium sulphate and adverse neonatal outcomes.   Abstract of this PLoS Medicine review and comments from McMaster's Evidence Alert service.   This review has been flagged as significant by users of the service.

Research

Planned earlier delivery for late pre-eclampsia may be better for mothers (NIHR Signals)
This is a summary of the PHOENIX trial, published in the Lancet late last year.  (I may have included this before but the BMJ has just published the summary.

Pregnancy research review 
Carried out by the RAND Corporation for the Chief Medical Officer.

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