What's new in midwifery - 8th December 2023

Guidance and education resources

Royal College of Nursing, Genital examination in women: a resource for skills development and assessment (PDF)

NHS England, Maternity and neonatal voices partnership guidance,  part of the Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services 

Research

Labour and childbirth

Barriers and facilitators of implementing the practice programme for upright positions in the second stage of labour: A mixed‐method study   Research undertaken in Chinese healthcare settings.    Subscription or library access may be needed to see the full text.

Impact of discontinuing oxytocin in active labour on neonatal morbidity: an open-label, multicentre, randomised trial    Report of the STOPOXY trial carried out in France.  PubMed record.  Subscription or library access needed for access to full text.

Insights of healthcare professionals regarding waterbirths and water immersion during labour: A mixed studies review.  Subscription or library access needed for access to full text.

Intravenous calcium to decrease blood loss during intrapartum cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial, PubMed record.  Subscription or Library access needed for access to the full text.

Short, medium, and long deferral of umbilical cord clamping compared with umbilical cord milking and immediate clamping at preterm birth: a systematic review and network meta-analysis with individual participant data.   PubMed record. Subscription or Library access needed for access to the full text.

Infant feeding

Complementary feeding interventions for infants and young children under age 2: scoping of promising interventions to implement at the community or state level , report commissioned by the (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

How resources combining expertise and social support help breastfeeding women address self-doubt and increase breastfeeding self-efficacy: a mixed-methods study.  Subscription or Library access needed for access to the full text.

Antenatal education and care

Diabetes group prenatal care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  PubMed record.  Subscription or Library access needed for access to the full paper.

Women's experiences of online antenatal education: An integrative literature review.  Open access.   

Other

Desmopressin to prevent and treat bleeding in pregnant women with an inherited bleeding disorder: a systematic literature review.  Open access.

Acknowledgements: Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service Latest Health News; McMaster Evidence Alerts.