Wednesday, February 12, 2020

What's new in midwifery - 12th February 2020

Some recent things you might need.

Coronavirus

I am compiling coronavirus resources

In the news

Is 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 Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Fetal Movement Counting and Perinatal Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (published in Obsetrics and Gynecology)

Nitroglycerin for treatment of retained placenta: A randomised, placebo-controlled, multicentre, double-blind trial in the UK (published in PLoS Medicine)

Other research
Lower versus Traditional Treatment Threshold for Neonatal Hypoglycemia (NEJM)

Antenatal MRI can aid ultrasound when fetal brain abnormality is suspected (published in Health Technology Assessment, summary in NIHR Signals)

'InUTERO': The effectiveness of an educational half day stillbirth awareness workshop for maternity care providers (Nurse Education Today)


Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, EvidenceAlerts

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