tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50090892024-03-18T03:03:35.276+00:00Browsing<b>Things that caught my attention</b><br><br>
Information about health, health information, pedagogy, librarianship, decolonisation, COVID. And maybe other things.Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.comBlogger1341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-23905080342918879202024-02-19T17:10:00.003+00:002024-02-20T11:56:38.857+00:00What's new in midwifery - 19th February 2024<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not sure where the time went, but here are some things that might be useful to know. </span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Respectful maternity care</span></h3><p><a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M23-2676" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Respectful maternity care, a systematic review</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> . This is a systematic review of definitions and valid measurements of "respectful maternity care". <a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/L24-0036" target="_blank">There is a published correction detailing errors in some of the published tables</a>. There is also an </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK599324/" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;" target="_blank">AHRQ (the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Comparative Effectiveness Review</a> <span style="font-family: arial;">on the topic</span>.<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Recommendations and research</span></h3><p><a href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/375231/9789240085398-eng.pdf" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">WHO recommendations on the assessment of postpartum blood loss and use of a treatment bundle for postpartum haemorrhage</span></a>.</p><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38036163/" target="_blank">The effect of subsequent pregnancy and childbirth on stress urinary incontinence recurrence following midurethral sling procedure: a meta-analysis</a>.</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10811555/" target="_blank">Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Postpartum Depression in Women With Prenatal Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38096556/" target="_blank">American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Clinical Practice Guideline no. 8: first and second stage labor management</a>.</span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Other things</span></span></h3><p><a href="https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/talesfromcallthemidwife/" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Tales from Call the Midwife podcast series</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">, including stories from people who have experienced or remember events described or portrayed in the series. </span></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/20/maternal-mental-health-care-nhs-postpartum-psychosis-depression-mother-baby-unit" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Observer article on perinatal mental health</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: arial;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: arial;">including information about organisations.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Acknowledgements: Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service Latest Health News blog; McMaster Evidence Alerts, Heather Dawson (LSE)'s Social sciences updates.</i></span></span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-41227862991549846152024-01-04T15:49:00.001+00:002024-01-04T15:49:08.694+00:00What's new in midwifery - 4th January 2024 (Happy New Year!)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some things that might be useful to know about</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Perinatal bereavement</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.sands.org.uk/sites/default/files/Sands_Listening_Project_2023.pdf" target="_blank">SANDS Listening Project, learning from the experiences of Black and Asian bereaved parents</a> (PDF)<br /><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Infant feeding</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/153/1/e2023062228/196183/Breastfeeding-and-Once-Daily-Small-Volume-Formula" target="_blank">Breastfeeding and once-daily small-volume formula supplementation to prevent infant growth impairment</a>, (open access research article)<br /><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Perinatal mental health</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.sign.ac.uk/our-guidelines/perinatal-mental-health-conditions/" target="_blank">Perinatal mental health conditions, SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network) Guideline 169</a><br /> </span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Delivery</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38096892/" target="_blank">Perinatal morbidity among women with a previous caesarean delivery (PRISMA trial): a cluster-randomised trial</a>, link to PubMed record (subscription needed to read the article)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37989142/" target="_blank">Vaginal compared with oral misoprostol induction at term: a cluster randomized controlled trial</a>, link to PubMed record (subscription needed to read the article) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Statistics</span></h3><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/maternity-services-monthly-statistics/september-2023-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">NHS Digital Maternity services monthly statistics</a>, final for September 2023, provisional for October 2023, and experimental statistics.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Acknowledgements: McMaster Evidence Alerts, Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service Latest Health News.</span></i></p><div><br /></div>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-89545409241054323862023-12-19T16:29:00.003+00:002023-12-19T16:37:45.919+00:00What's new in midwifery - 19th December 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">First of all, season's greetings and best wishes for a peaceful and happy 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some new things you might find useful.<br /><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Royal Colleges</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.rcn.org.uk/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Documents/Publications/2023/November/011-168.pdf" target="_blank">Royal College of Nursing resource for nursing and midwifery practice about female genital mutilation</a> (PDF). There is also <a href="https://www.rcn.org.uk/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Documents/Publications/2023/November/011-179.pdf" target="_blank">this supplement about sexual health care</a> (also PDF)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Good Practice Paper no. 17, <a href="https://www.rcog.org.uk/media/bu3l4x0g/17-maternity-triage-final-publication-proof.pdf" target="_blank">Maternity triage</a> (PDF)</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New publications from MBRRACE</span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;">Perinatal confidential enquiry, <a href="https://www.hqip.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ref.-422-MNI-perinatal-CE-Black-White-Report-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">A comparison of the care of Black and White women who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death</a>, published December 2023 (PDF)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Perinatal confidential enquiry, <a href="https://www.hqip.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ref.-446-MNI-perinatal-CE-Asian-White-Report-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">A comparison of the care of Asian and White women who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death</a>, published December 2023 (PDF)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">House of Lords Library<br /></span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/maternal-mortality-rates-in-the-black-community/" target="_blank">Maternal mortality rates in the Black community</a>, published 12th December 2023</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Research</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Active pelvic movements on a Swiss ball reduced labour duration, pain, fatigue and anxiety in parturient women: a randomised trial. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38036399/" target="_blank">Link to record in PubMed</a> - follow full text link to access the article, which is open access.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My usual thanks to colleagues at the Library and Knowledge Service at Rotherham Hospital for their Latest Health News, which alerted me to a lot of the above, and McMaster's Evidence Alerts.</span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-4188283996030924762023-12-08T14:43:00.004+00:002023-12-08T14:43:27.345+00:00What's new in midwifery - 8th December 2023<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Guidance and education resources</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Royal College of Nursing, <a href=" https://www.rcn.org.uk/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Documents/Publications/2023/November/011-162.pdf" target="_blank">Genital examination in women: a resource for skills development and assessment</a> (PDF)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">NHS England, <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/maternity-and-neonatal-voices-partnership-guidance/" target="_blank">Maternity and neonatal voices partnership guidance</a>, part of the <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/three-year-delivery-plan-for-maternity-and-neonatal-services/" target="_blank">Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Research</span></h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Labour and childbirth</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jan.15927" target="_blank">Barriers and facilitators of implementing the practice programme for upright positions in the second stage of labour: A mixed‐method study</a> Research undertaken in Chinese healthcare settings. Subscription or library access may be needed to see the full text.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">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. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37952548" target="_blank">PubMed record</a>. Subscription or library access needed for access to full text.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jan.15975" target="_blank">Insights of healthcare professionals regarding waterbirths and water immersion during labour: A mixed studies review</a>. Subscription or library access needed for access to full text.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Intravenous calcium to decrease blood loss during intrapartum cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37917943/ " target="_blank">PubMed record</a>. Subscription or Library access needed for access to the full text.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">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. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37977170/" target="_blank">PubMed record</a>. Subscription or Library access needed for access to the full text.</span></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Infant feeding</span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27239/complementary-feeding-interventions-for-infants-and-young-children-under-age-2" target="_blank">Complementary feeding interventions for infants and young children under age 2: scoping of promising interventions to implement at the community or state level</a> , report commissioned by the (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2023.2281077" target="_blank">How resources combining expertise and social support help breastfeeding women address self-doubt and increase breastfeeding self-efficacy: a mixed-methods study</a>. Subscription or Library access needed for access to the full text.</span></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Antenatal education and care</span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Diabetes group prenatal care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37944148/" target="_blank">PubMed record</a>. Subscription or Library access needed for access to the full paper.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jan.15957" target="_blank">Women's experiences of online antenatal education: An integrative literature review</a>. Open access. </span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Other</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1538783623007237" target="_blank">Desmopressin to prevent and treat bleeding in pregnant women with an inherited bleeding disorder: a systematic literature review</a>. Open access.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Acknowledgements: Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service Latest Health News; McMaster Evidence Alerts.</span></i></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-91603820217041554632023-11-17T16:59:00.007+00:002023-11-17T16:59:41.000+00:00What's new in midwifery - other things - 17th November 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some other new (ish) items, that don't fit one of the previous posts...</span></p><p><a href="https://www.rcog.org.uk/guidance/browse-all-guidance/green-top-guidelines/recurrent-miscarriage-green-top-guideline-no-17/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">RCOG Green top guideline on recurrent miscarriage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rcm.org.uk/media/7011/scottish-state-of-maternity-services-report-2023.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">RCM report on the state of maternity services Scotland </span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.rcm.org.uk/media/6999/engaging_dads_pocket_guide.pdf" target="_blank">RCM Engaging dads pocket guide</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Three news stories:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/11/why-pre-eclampsia-still-causing-deaths-mothers-and-babies" target="_blank">Why is pre eclampsia still causing deaths</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/09/black-babies-in-england-three-times-more-likely-to-die-than-white-figures-show" target="_blank">Death rate of black babies rising</a> - report about National Child Mortality Database, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/25/a-home-help-for-eight-days-after-giving-birth-why-dutch-maternity-care-is-the-envy-of-the-world" target="_blank">Home help for 8 days after giving birth</a>, the Dutch kraamzorg (="maternity care") scheme. <a href="https://amsterdam-mamas.nl/articles/what-is-a-kraamverzorgster-and-where-can-i-find-one/" target="_blank">This page from Amsterdam Mamas, in English</a>, tells you more about the scheme. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Infant feeding: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/373358/9789240081864-eng.pdf" target="_blank">WHO guideline for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6-23 months of age</a> (PDF)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Many of these are from the Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service's <a href="https://trfthealthweeklydigest.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Latest health news blog</a> , with grateful acknowledgement</i></span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-24182217318300541382023-11-17T16:49:00.005+00:002023-11-17T16:49:29.293+00:00What's new in midwifery - research - 17th November 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Not so new, again, but still useful, I hope.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/can-we-improve-discussions-with-pregnant-women-about-previous-trauma/" target="_blank">Can we improve discussions with pregnant women about previous trauma</a>, NIHR plain language summary of a research study.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/inr.12912" target="_blank">Role of midwives (and other health professionals) in responding to gender based violence</a>, an editorial (open access); and a research study on <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/inr.12814" target="_blank">the preparedness of nurses and midwives about domestic violence and abuse</a> (also open access).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad626/7296253" target="_blank">Peripartum cardiomyopathy - 20 year population study</a> (also open access).</span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-59252869258182655892023-11-17T16:46:00.003+00:002023-11-17T16:46:32.286+00:00What's new in midwifery - audit - 17th November 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Quite some time since the last post, apologies, so some of this is not so new anymore. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.hqip.org.uk/resource/mbrrace-surveillance-oct23/" target="_blank">MBBRACE State of the nation surveillance report</a>, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/assets/downloads/mbrrace-uk/reports/maternal-report-2023/MBRRACE-UK_Maternal_Compiled_Report_2023.pdf" target="_blank">MBRRACE Lessons learned from 2019-21</a> (PDF)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.hqip.org.uk/resource/mbrrace-themed-report-1-oct23/" target="_blank">MBRRACE Themed reports</a>, with a <a href="https://www.hqip.org.uk/resource/mbrrace-themed-report-2/" target="_blank">second set</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.hqip.org.uk/resource/nnap-summary-report-2022/" target="_blank">National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) summary report on 2022 data</a>, </span></p><p><a href="https://www.hqip.org.uk/resource/nda-pregnancy-diabetes-oct23/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit 2021 and 2022</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Acknowledgements: Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service, HQIP.</i></span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-19773288639638771682023-11-02T07:33:00.001+00:002023-11-02T07:39:10.878+00:00Clinical trial protocols and published trials<p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Trials part of the Cochrane Library, also referred to as CENTRAL, contains published trials and published protocols, but also trial protocols from a number of trials registries including ClinicalTrials.gov.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For those, the Trials (CENTRAL) record does not seem to record publications. Of course, an ongoing trial won't have any, but some records record the existence of results, if not details of where they were published.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Records from ClinicalTrials.gov are linked from CENTRAL. Those ClinicalTrials.gov records do have a space for publications from the trial, but that may not always be filled in even if there are publications.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As an example, two COVID trials:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04523571">https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04523571</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04368728">https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04368728</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Neither of these record any publications from the trial (I imagine it is down to the investigators, or whoever registered the trial, to provide that information). </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The ClinicalTrials.gov ID is included in PubMed as part of the SI field, so is searchable, and searching for those same two trials: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">NCT04523571[si]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">NCT04368728[si]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">finds publications for both. Some for NCT04368728 may be about the trial, rather than trial results, but some are definitely results.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">If there are no publications of results recorded in ClinicalTrials.gov, and searching the NCT number finds nothing, then perhaps other possibilities are:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Searching PubMed for an investigator and some words from the protocol title. Although for both above there are no named investigators in the trials protocols records. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I asked other health librarians via the lis-medical email discussion list and had some extra suggestions, reproduced here with grateful thanks:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">- Contacting the authors or investigators to ask for results
(what started this exploration was an enquiry from an undergraduate, and I think this would be more than we'd expect of an undergraduate. But for a researcher, or a PhD student, maybe it's a possibility).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">- Searching the author on ResearchGate for publications around
the date of the trial.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> - </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">This tool: </span><a href="http://arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu/cgi-bin/arrowsmith_uic/TrialPubLinking/trial_pub_link_start.cgi"><span style="font-family: arial;">http://arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu/cgi-bin/arrowsmith_uic/TrialPubLinking/trial_pub_link_start.cgi</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">. I gave this a go with one trial my student was interested in, and it did give details of some articles, after some minutes, but none of them looked to be the trial results.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">- </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Checking on Google Scholar for items that cite the trial
protocol. If you have access to Web of Science or Scopus, that might be worth trying there too.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> - </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking at preprint servers. PubMed <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/help/#coverage-pmc" target="_blank">includes preprints reporting NIH funded results</a>, because they are in PubMed Central. A quick search of PubMed for covid[ti], filtering to preprint, finds the same number of results as covid.ti. in Ovid Medline, limited to preprint, so I think Ovid Medline includes just those same preprints (we have Medline ALL). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><p></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-78832628944139147742023-09-14T08:46:00.005+00:002023-09-14T08:46:38.348+00:00What's new in midwifery - 13th September 2023 - other material<p><span style="font-family: arial;">And some other types of material.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">First, a <a href="https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9815/CBP-9815.pdf" target="_blank">House of Commons Library briefing on the quality and safety of maternity care in England</a> (PDF).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then a review article in the New England Journal of Medicine, on <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2303347" target="_blank">defining the neurologic consequences of preterm birth</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Clinical Practice Guideline no. 6, on <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37590986/" target="_blank">Viral hepatitis in pregnancy</a>. The link is to the record in PubMed. </span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-60822974461381488432023-09-14T08:43:00.002+00:002023-09-14T08:43:13.006+00:00What's new in midwifery - 13th September 2023 - Research<p><span style="font-family: arial;">First, some original research that it might be useful to know about:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37490086/" target="_blank">Cervical Pessary for Prevention of Preterm Birth in Individuals With a Short Cervix: The TOPS Randomized Clinical Trial</a>. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2807326" target="_blank">Effectiveness and Costs of Molecular Screening and Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis to Prevent Preterm Birth: The AuTop Randomized Clinical Trial</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2808872" target="_blank">Group vs Individual Prenatal Care and Gestational Diabetes Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial</a>. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17631" target="_blank">Mid-trimester uterine artery Doppler for aspirin discontinuation in pregnancies at high risk for preterm pre-eclampsia: Post-hoc analysis of StopPRE trial</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37581672/" target="_blank">Prenatal Intravenous Magnesium at 30-34 Weeks' Gestation and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Offspring: The MAGENTA Randomized Clinical Trial</a>. This one was conducted in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And some systematic reviews:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004266" target="_blank">Cervical cerclage for prevention of preterm birth and adverse perinatal outcome in twin pregnancies with short cervical length or cervical dilatation: A systematic review and meta-analysis</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37532032/" target="_blank">Contingency management interventions for abstinence from cigarette smoking in pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review and meta-analysis</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj-2023-076035.long" target="_blank">The proportions of term or late preterm births after exposure to early antenatal corticosteroids, and outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis of 1.6 million infants</a>. </span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-90631228612454412812023-09-09T14:49:00.004+00:002023-09-09T15:10:21.423+00:00New variant of COVID-19<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A new variant is not a new thing, of course, but BA.2.86, known also as Pirola, seems to be causing some concern in the UK and elsewhere. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It seems a long time ago that I compiled page after page on this blog about COVID-19. Those pages are still there, all but one are now "archived" and have that word in their title. The <a href="https://browsing.blogspot.com/2023/06/current-resources-about-covid-19.html" target="_blank">Current resources about COVID-19</a> is the exception, updated in June 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I wondered if a few resources on this new variant would be useful. In case I am right, here are some. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't know how long this one will be useful for, but will try to keep it updated. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A PubMed search for BA.2.86 finds a few. Adding Pirola finds authors called Pirola, and as a consequence a lot of irrelevant things, so for now I have made a search that searches the two terms, plus a term used in the UKHSA risk assessment (V-23AUG-1) in titles and abstracts:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=ba.2.86%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D+OR+pirola%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D+OR+v-23aug-01%5Btitle%2Fabstract%5D" target="_blank">PubMed search for COVID-19 BA.2.86 (Pirola) variant</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This still finds some things discussing papers by Pirola and at least one about PIROLA, plasminogen activator (r-tPA) orolingual angioedema, a complication of stroke treatment. At the moment anyway, searching BA286 finds one other thing on a different infectious agent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>UK Health Security Agency</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-variants-identified-in-the-uk-latest-update" target="_blank">Variants update</a> - latest information on variants identified in the UK, the one from 8th September 2023 (at the top of the page at the moment) is about BA.2.86.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investigation-of-sars-cov-2-variants-technical-briefings/sars-cov-2-variant-surveillance-and-assessment-technical-briefing-53" target="_blank">Variant surveillance and assessment technical briefing 53</a> (9th September 2023) - one section is links to published information.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investigation-of-sars-cov-2-variants-of-concern-variant-risk-assessments/risk-assessment-for-sars-cov-2-variant-v-23aug-01-or-ba286" target="_blank">Risk assessment for this variant</a>, 1st September 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Other sources</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/covid-19-variant.html" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention risk assessment summary for COVID-19 sublineage BA.2.86</a>, August 2023</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/new-covid-variant-ba286-pirola" target="_blank">Yale Medicine news item</a>, 31st August 2023</span></span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-77706602388317518292023-08-13T18:53:00.002+00:002023-08-13T18:53:21.363+00:00[Browsing] New comments<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Any comments on this blog are moderated by me. If they are a question related to the subject of the post, I will answer it (not always very quickly, I have to confess).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But most are not related at all. For example:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Very complementary about my writing style, but included a link to private tutoring service. Actually there were three at least like this;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Opportunities to buy medications - separate offers of NSAIDs, pain medications, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">benzodiazepines, opioids, barbiturates...</span><span style="font-family: arial;">;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Links to a homoeopathy clinic (as all these comments are, on posts not related to the subject of the comment);</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Recommendations for a doctor (actually two, with their email addresses) who cured someone's herpes; and another who can provide mental health services, and another who can treat cancer;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">IT recruitment services;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Offering psychedelics;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And one, on a post about E. coli, encouraging me to write something about power pole installation, with links to an electrician ... in Australia.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If I was an engineering librarian, I might...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some posts got more than one comment - the one about mental health in film has had 16 comments since mid April.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-53359089986505336002023-08-02T08:43:00.001+00:002023-08-02T08:43:27.388+00:00What's new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023 - reports<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some recent reports you might find useful. And one piece of research that escaped from the earlier blogpost.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/maternal-mental-health-ics-briefing-2023.pdf" target="_blank">Maternal mental health: a briefing for integrated care systems</a>, Maternal Mental Health Alliance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172354/Pregnancy-Loss-Review-print-ready.pdf" target="_blank">The Independent Pregnancy Loss Review: care and support when baby loss occurs before 24 weeks gestation</a>, presented to Parliament (PDF).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Royal College of Midwives: </span><a href="https://www.rcm.org.uk/media/6915/england-soms-2023.pdf" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">England: State of maternity services, 2023</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">NHS Race and Health Observatory, </span><a href="https://www.nhsrho.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RHO-Neonatal-Assessment-Report.pdf" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Review of neonatal assessment and practice in Black, Asian and minority ethnic newborns: Exploring the Apgar score, the detection of cyanosis, and jaundice</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (PDF), </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/12/tests-to-assess-newborns-health-not-effective-for-bame-babies-in-uk" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">covered in the Guardian</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/09/nhs-maternity-units-crisis-care-quality-commission-substandard" target="_blank">Observer analysis of CQC reports on maternity services</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nursing and Midwifery Council: </span><a href="https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/guidance/the-best-midwifery-care-happens-in-partnership/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">The best midwifery care happens in partnership</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">SANDS and Tommy's Policy Unit, </span><a href="https://www.sands.org.uk/sites/default/files/JPU_Saving_Babies_Lives_Report_2023.pdf" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Saving babies' lives report 2023</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (PDF).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://trfthealthweeklydigest.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/saving-pre-term-babies-lives-through-optimal-cord-management/" target="_blank">Optimal cord management</a>, post from Library and Knowledge Service at Rotherham Hospital, referring to NHS England and other material. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">NHS Digital, <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/maternity-services-monthly-statistics/march-2023-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">Maternity Services Monthly Statistics (final for March 2023, provisional for April 2023)</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The piece of research that escaped is:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/5/e071703" target="_blank">Experience of induction of labour: a cross-sectional postnatal survey of women at UK maternity units</a>.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-24627217129904208732023-08-02T07:59:00.001+00:002023-08-02T07:59:02.446+00:00What's not so new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This selection got as far as a blogpost which I then forgot to publish. So, a bit late, here it is! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">From the US Agency for Healthcare Research adn Quality (as the second key question might suggest), a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK592637/" target="_blank">systematic review and meta-analysis of postpartum care up to 1 year after pregnancy</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10243182/" target="_blank">Cochrane review on hand hygiene in neonatal care</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A randomised controlled trial <a href="https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2023/07000/Efficacy_of_Propranolol_to_Reduce_Cesarean.9.aspx" target="_blank">evaluating the efficacy of propanolol to reduce cesarean delivery in prolonged labour</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A <a href="https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2023/07000/Reduced_Compared_With_Traditional_Schedules_for.4.aspx" target="_blank">systematic review comparing reduced with traditional schedules for routine antenatal visits, and differences in maternal and child outcomes</a>. </span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-43947656827422910342023-08-02T07:49:00.001+00:002023-08-02T07:49:02.361+00:00What's new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023 - Research<p><span style="font-family: arial;">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.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M22-2974" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Acupuncture and doxylamine-pyridoxine for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy : a randomized, controlled, 2 x 2 factorial trial</a>.<span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(23)00318-6/fulltext" target="_blank">Real-time imaging as visual biofeedback in active second stage of labor among nulliparas: a randomized controlled trial</a>. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317539/" target="_blank">The effect of virtual reality glasses applied during the episiotomy on pain and satisfaction: a single blind randomized controlled study</a>.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(23)00322-8/fulltext" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Efficacy of early intrauterine balloon tamponade for immediate postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal delivery: a randomized clinical trial</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17607" target="_blank">Aspirin delays the onset of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among nulliparous pregnant women: A secondary analysis of the ASPIRIN tria</a>l.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(23)00317-4/fulltext" target="_blank">Vaginal progesterone for preventing preterm birth and adverse perinatal outcomes in twin gestations: a systematic review and meta-analysis</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Fulltext/2023/06000/Cesarean_Delivery_Rate_in_Nulliparous_Women_in_the.9.aspx" target="_blank">Cesarean delivery rate in nulliparous women in the second stage of labor when using Zhang compared with Friedman labor curves: a systematic review and meta-analysis</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Global health</span></h3><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article-abstract/44/17/1530/7025049" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Pregnancy outcomes in women with heart disease: the Madras Medical College Pregnancy And Cardiac (M-PAC) Registry from India</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00688-8/fulltext" target="_blank">Planned delivery or expectant management for late preterm pre-eclampsia in low-income and middle-income countries (CRADLE-4): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial</a>.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Perinatal mental health</span></h3><p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(23)00420-9/fulltext" target="_blank">The effect of digital health interventions for postpartum depression or anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2023/06000/Treatment_and_Management_of_Mental_Health.36.aspx" target="_blank">Treatment and management of mental health conditions during pregnancy and postpartum: ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline No. 5</a>.</span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-75205492658982528632023-06-19T17:07:00.005+00:002023-09-09T15:14:01.272+00:00Current resources about COVID-19<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Last updated 9th September 2023)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Introduction</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">During 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. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">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 list, a single blogpost, which I will endeavour to keep up to date.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://browsing.blogspot.com/2023/09/new-variant-of-covid-19.html" target="_blank">Here is a link to my new post about the BA.2.86 variant</a> (made on 9th September 2023)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Resources</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">UK</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the UK at the moment is the </span><a href="https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">UK Covid-19 Enquiry</a>, <span style="font-family: arial;">an enquiry into the UK's response and the impact of the pandemic.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The UK Government still maintains a </span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Coronavirus (COVID-19) page</a> <span style="font-family: arial;">with links to information about testing, vaccination, what to do if you have COVID, travel abroad, and reducing the spread. There are links to the governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The UK Government</span> <a href="https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Coronavirus data</a> <span style="font-family: arial;">page is still being updated, with figures for the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">numbers of cases, vaccinations and deaths, some of it by region or home nation.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance" target="_blank">UK Health Security Agency page of COVID guidance</a>, which includes guidance for health professionals and the public. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">UK Health Security Agency have a comprehensive list of resources, </span><a href="https://ukhsalibrary.koha-ptfs.co.uk/coronavirusinformation/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Finding the Evidence: Coronavirus</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, including many of interest to health professionals (some resources may not be available to University of Leicester members, who are welcome to contact their library to check. NHS staff should contact their own library to check). </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mhra-guidance-on-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">MHRA Coronavirus pages</a> (information about clinical trials of treatments and vaccines</span><span style="font-family: arial;">) (last updated in June 2022)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><font><a href="https://www.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/health-protection-infectious-diseases" target="_blank">Infectious diseases: UK government</a>, including policy, news, statistics, forms, research and guidance</font></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><font></font></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Results and information about the </span><a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/research-and-impact/groups/react-study/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">REACT</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission study, no new news items since June 2022).</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Three UK groups: </span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/new-and-emerging-respiratory-virus-threats-advisory-group" target="_blank">NERVTAG (New and Emerging Respiratory Viruses Threats Advisory Group;</a> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies" target="_blank">SAGE</a> and </span><a href="https://www.independentsage.org/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Independent SAGE</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Outside the UK</b></span></p><p><a href="https://www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/covid-end" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">COVID-19 END</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (Evidence Network to support decision making, McMaster University)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><font face="arial"><span style="font-family: arial;">World Health Organization - </span><a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance" target="_blank">Country and technical guidance</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> ; </span><a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/global-research-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov" target="_blank">Global Research on Coronavirus (COVID-19)</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (scientific literature database)</span></font></div><div><font face="arial"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></font></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From the WHO ICTRP <a href="https://www.who.int/clinical-trials-registry-platform" target="_blank">launch page</a> you can download lists of COVID-19 trials. There is also a link to the search portal. </span><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=COVID-19" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Clinicaltrials.gov is listing at least some COVID-19 related trials</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> including studies from the WHO. There are links to other COVID-19 related trial pages from this one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/virus/vssi/#/sars-cov-2" target="_blank">NCBI Virus SARS-CoV-2 Data Hub</a> (which replaces the older "resources page" at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sars-cov-2/ from 1 August 2023). Contains epidemiological and genetic data, and links to information from the CDC and to references in PubMed.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Point of care resources and other clinical resources</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">NICE have a page with their </span><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/respiratory-conditions/covid19" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">guidance, advice, and rapid guidelines.</a></p><div><a href="https://bestpractice.bmj.com/info/coronavirus_covid-19/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">BMJ Best Practice - coronavirus</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> - </span><span style="font-family: arial;">material on coronavirus and some comorbidities. Some material is still free, other material requires NHS access or a subscription.</span></div><p><a href="https://evidenceaid.org/evidence/coronavirus-covid-19/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Evidence Aid - Coronavirus </a><span style="font-family: arial;">- summaries of research, in English and other languages</span></p><p><font style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.dynamed.com/condition/covid-19-novel-coronavirus" target="_blank">DynaMed</a> and </font><a href="https://www.uptodate.com/landing/covid19?search=covid" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">UpToDate</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (these may need subscriptions)</span></p></div>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-15950801790681413222023-06-16T08:08:00.001+00:002023-06-16T08:08:03.673+00:00What's new in midwifery - 16th June 2023 - disparities in maternal health<p><span style="font-family: arial;">First a <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01191-6/fulltext" target="_blank">Lancet meta-analysis of the effect of race and ethnicity on perinatal outcomes in higher income countries</a>. The Lancet article is open access. <a href="https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/black-women-around-the-world-have-worse-pregnancy-outcomes/" target="_blank">There is also this plain language summary from the NIHR</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, the <a href="https://trfthealthweeklydigest.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/a018f-theblackmaternityexperiencereport.pdf" target="_blank">Black Maternity Experiences Survey</a>, about the UK (PDF, on the Latest Health News blog from Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service), by <a href="https://www.fivexmore.com/" target="_blank">Five X More</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And <a href="https://www.mwnuk.co.uk/go_files/resources/maternity_report_120722.pdf" target="_blank">Invisible: maternity experiences of Muslim women from racialised minority communities</a> (PDF) from Muslim Women's Network UK.</span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-49533513328395843202023-06-13T11:59:00.012+00:002023-06-13T11:59:59.295+00:00What's new in midwifery - 13th June 2023 (2)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Three relating to <b>perinatal mental health</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399922000757" target="_blank">Internet delivered psychological interventions for reducing depressive, anxiety symptoms and fear of childbirth in pregnant women</a> - a systematic review.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002937823002375" target="_blank">An interactive childbirth education platform to improve pregnancy-related anxiety</a> - an RCT.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another RCT, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10182435/" target="_blank">Effect of immediate referral vs a brief problem-solving intervention for screen-detected peripartum depression</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Labour and delivery</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10182428/" target="_blank">Comparison of maternal labor-related complications and neonatal outcomes following elective induction of labor at 39 weeks of gestation vs expectant management:</a> a systematic review and meta-analysis.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002937822008596" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">The REDUCED trial: a cluster randomized trial for REDucing the utilization of CEsarean delivery for dystocia</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An update of a Cochrane systematic review, </span><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003928.pub4/full" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Cephalic version by moxibustion for breech presentation</a></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Postpartum haemorrhage</b></span></p><p><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2303966" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">Randomized trial of early detection and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Diabetes</b></span></p><p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dme.15105" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interventions to enhance pre-pregnancy care for women with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the literature</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2214956" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosed Early in Pregnancy</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Other things</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A <a href="https://sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/wvn.12647" target="_blank">longitudinal study looking at the effect of physical activity on symptoms, physical or psychological, experienced during pregnancy</a> </span></p><p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jan.15525" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Development, evaluation and adaptation of a critical realism informed theory of procedural pain management in preterm infants: The PAIN-Neo theory</a></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-60626849510307127772023-06-13T11:38:00.005+00:002023-06-13T11:38:44.103+00:00What's new in midwifery - 13th June 2023 - policy, surveys and statistics<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some new things you might want to know about.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">First, a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jun/12/more-than-one-in-10-women-struggle-to-bond-with-their-baby-survey-shows" target="_blank">Guardian report of a survey in which more than one in ten woman surveyed reported problems bonding with their newborn</a>. Undertaken by the Parent-Infant Foundation, it also reported lack of information from health professionals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, the NHS Staff Council Job Evaluation Group, at the request of the RCN and RCM, has produced a <a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/system/files/2023-05/Nursing%20and%20midwifery%20profile%20review%20evidence%20report_May%202023.pdf" target="_blank">national job profile review</a> (PDF file - and thanks to the Latest Health News blog from the Library and Knowledge Service at Rotherham Hospital for this one).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Rotherham's Latest Health News also reports the <a href="https://trfthealthweeklydigest.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/three-year-delivery-plan-for-maternity-and-neonatal-care-technical-guidance/" target="_blank">technical guidance for NHS England's Three Year Delivery Plan for Maternal and Neonatal Care</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> And <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/female-genital-mutilation/january-2023---march-2023" target="_blank">NHS Digital's statistics on FGM, for January - March 2023</a>. (Thanks to the King's Fund Library's Health Management and Policy Alert for that one).</span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-67779391536702146392023-06-12T15:31:00.000+00:002023-06-12T15:31:13.632+00:00Taking part in a study<p><span style="font-family: arial;">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 study is looking at why some people carry <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in their nose and others don't. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I got an email to explain why I was being contacted, with a link for more information, and a link to a questionnaire to determine if I was suitable for the study and with a consent form. I can't remember the questions now (and I don't think it told me which answers made me unsuitable, which does make sense). That questionnaire was protected by a password, which was sent separately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So I did the questionnaire and was deemed suitable. A second email confirmed that I would be sent a pack of three nasal swabs (remember those?). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Those arrived, with instructions. There were swabs, with handles that break off, and tubes of liquid. After taking the swab, you put it in the tube, break off the handle, and screw on the lid - it is not me who is doing any sort of test to determine whether I have <i>Staphylococcus aureus </i>in my nose - so the tube then is placed in a small plastic bag with some absorbent material, and put in a bag to be posted.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I needed to take the first swab straight away and post it on the same day I took it. The second was to be taken a week later (I think I did that but I forgot to make a note of the day I took the first one), and the third a week after that. I was away at this point and had forgotten to take the swabs with me, so rang the helpdesk and was advised to do it on my return. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have signed up for a few studies over the years via work when I was more in touch with clinical and research staff, and they were all pre internet. I found the paperwork for some, so must see if I can find out if anything was ever published.</span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-46503342029150389122023-06-12T15:26:00.001+00:002023-06-12T15:26:55.507+00:00Retracted articles<p><span style="font-family: arial;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One thing is retracted articles.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The other thing is peer review. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">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. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I </span><span style="font-family: arial;">occasionally review articles submitted to a library journal. I was struck by the most recent one I reviewed, that the other reviewer spotted all sorts of things I did not. Does that mean the process doesn't work? Or that I am not a very good reviewer? Or does it just show why you have more than one peer reviewer? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Peer review and retractions go together. The evidence from <a href="https://retractionwatch.com/" target="_blank">Retraction Watch</a> is that the peer review process doesn't always work, as retracted articles have often gone through the process, which did not spot the problem. Some retracted papers might have been written by a "paper mill", and others by generative AI. Then, there are some that have used the more established methods of referencing irrelevant studies, using material like images without permission, manipulating images so they seem to show something else, making up results, or using suspect methods. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I came across this </span><a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2016/01/06/a-new-record-journal-pulls-80-year-old-fake-case-report/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">example from Retraction Watch</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. It would be a less contentious example of a retracted article than some, but it may not be the best teaching example for me, as it is a) in Dutch and b) made up (see below). The story starts with this </span><a href="https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/klinisch-denken-en-beslissen-de-praktijk-een-man-met-een-pneumonie-en-stinkend-waterig" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">2003 article in the Dutch language Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, a long established general medical journal</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The article title is prefaced with "Clinical thinking and decision making in practice" (my translation). The authors investigate <a href="https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/een-geval-van-uroptoe" target="_blank">an article that the same journal published in 1923</a>, by H. van der Speck entitled "A case of urotopoeia" (Een geval van uroptoë - which a well known translation site put back into Dutch as "Een geval van utopie"!). The title of the 2003 article ends (my translation) "the truth 80 years later". A subscription is needed to read all the article, but </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Retraction Watch relates its finding that the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1923 article was a prank, submitted by a medical student, which the journal published.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The retraction, as related by Retraction Watch, does say that it's unlikely that the journal had a peer review system as we would know it, in 1923. Although, presumably it did get past the editor.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I've read the suggestion that retracted articles are still cited after they are retracted, which is reason to talk about it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Has this one been cited? In Scopus, only twice. Once by the 2003 article that talks about it. And once as a reprint of the original, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">published in the same 2003 issue of Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So, this may not be a typical example of a retracted article. But maybe it is a starting point to talk about the need to look out for retractions, and not use them in your work, and a way to talk about how to tell something in your results has been retracted, on a journal website (or more problematically, in a print journal), or through reference management software (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Zotero, for example, works with Retraction Watch and flags things as retracted). </span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-66380399105407689902023-05-22T18:38:00.003+00:002023-05-22T18:38:55.492+00:00Missa Luba<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhi9nc64Fsy5qwaJwF0FH8jukBKsTAavcSas0TFvWcylicqqPPq9eDL4rFOvwcgD0Ml2iPlpI9Uin7tf8-SpSz5qfqfCeTgyUX5M3MIuN95sg-2tjA1479R0vOqiDJcs4WPeYnS9KIMRznwdbqHX-lz-6DVmL2TcYx4VN1rnJw-2ZCcynZg/s4128/20230514_173605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The sleeve of Missa Luba, showing the heads of eight people" border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhi9nc64Fsy5qwaJwF0FH8jukBKsTAavcSas0TFvWcylicqqPPq9eDL4rFOvwcgD0Ml2iPlpI9Uin7tf8-SpSz5qfqfCeTgyUX5M3MIuN95sg-2tjA1479R0vOqiDJcs4WPeYnS9KIMRznwdbqHX-lz-6DVmL2TcYx4VN1rnJw-2ZCcynZg/w320-h240/20230514_173605.jpg" title="The sleeve of Missa Luba" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />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 describing <a href="https://www.piobaireachd.co.uk/what-is-piobaireachd" target="_blank">pibroch</a> or <a href="https://www.cerdd-dant.org/about.html" target="_blank">cerdd dant</a> 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.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I now have that same record in my house. The front of the record sleeve is shown above.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1x8c7rZsZVL293OFz3R6ze" target="_blank">It is on Spotify</a>, and most of it is in </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1ypYbD5Eu7ADVZnFq1ed64" target="_blank">The Planet's Greatest African Music volume 2, dated 2013</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Missa Luba is a setting of the Christian Roman Catholic mass, sung in Latin (the Kyrie is, as usual, in Greek). </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The sleeve note describes it as "pure Congolese" and "completely void of any modern, western musical influences". The sleeve gives more details of the musical forms used, the kasala, a "Song of Farewell" in Kiluba. A Kasai dance rhythm is used for the Hosanna, and a song of Bena Lulua is used for the Agnus Dei. The note records that none of the Missa Luba is written down, and that "certain rhythms, harmonies and embellishments" are spontaneous improvisations.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Father Guido Haazen, a Belgian Catholic priest recognised "the value to be gained from the retention of this music form", and formed a choir, called Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin. This choir recorded the Missa Luba in 1958 and toured Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, possibly, from things seen in Belgian news sites (see below) for the World Exhibition of that year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The sleeve notes give no detail of the B side, although the front of the sleeve describes them as "native songs of the Congo". There are seven songs, and it says on the record's label, for both sides, "Arr. Pere Guido Haazen".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now we might want to describe it as songs of the Luba people, rather than just as from the country.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have not found a lot in the academic literature written about the Missa Luba. Perhaps that reflects the sources I have used. I found these: </span></p><p><a href="https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/africana-religions/article-abstract/9/1/1/200215/Missa-Luba-An-American-Mass-Program-and-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Missa Luba, An American Mass Program, and the Transnationalism of Twentieth-Century Black Roman Catholic Liturgical Music,</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> by Kim R. Harris.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in Web of Science Core Collection and in Scopus, this looks at the influence of the Missa Luba on Black American Catholics (subscription needed to read the full article).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/umi-uncg-1018.pdf" target="_blank">Missa Luba: a new edition and conductor's analysis</a>, by Marc Ashley Foster.<br />Found in Google Scholar, a dissertation from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, from 2005. This includes a biography of Guido Haazen, and interviews with him (he died in 2004), with Dr Ngo Semzara Kabuta, who as a boy was a member of Les Troubadours and Dr Jos Gansemans, an ethnomusicologist from the Central Africa Museum in Tervuren, Belgium, which is now the <a href="https://www.africamuseum.be/en" target="_blank">Africa Museum</a> - a quick search of their website finds nothing about the Missa Luba although their <a href="https://music.africamuseum.be/index.html" target="_blank">DEKKMMA project</a> is a catalogue of sound recordings and can be searched by country and their <a href="https://societies.africamuseum.be/fr/index_html" target="_blank">Centre de documentation des sciences humaines</a> maintains a database of reviewed articles.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1802/20074" target="_blank">Analysis of the Missa Luba</a>, by Doris Anna McDaniel.<br />Also found in Google Scholar, an MA thesis from 1973, submitted to the University of Rochester, and available in their repository. It includes the published score, but also a transcription of the percussion, which was not in the original score. This discusses westernisation in the music.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The <a href="https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/" target="_blank">now closed files of FRANCIS and PASCAL</a> and MLA International Bibliography both found nothing. I know from <a href="https://sheffield.libguides.com/guidemusic/discovering" target="_blank">one of my local universities about RILM Abstracts of Music Literature</a>, but my own university doesn't have that. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Is there anywhere else I could look? I asked colleagues in my own library, who pointed me to <a href="https://www.africanmusiclibrary.org/" target="_blank">African Music Library</a> and the <a href="https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/c.php?g=355480&p=2399588" target="_blank">Musicology LibGuide</a> from UNISA: University of South Africa. Couldn't see anything in the former (although it looks very interesting), the latter may need more time! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">If you have ideas for other places, you are welcome to comment - comments are moderated but I do see them all and I will spot it among the suggestions for health remedies, online sales of medicines, and recommendations for health professionals that I get!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Libraries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo would be worth exploring (a quick look on the site of <a href="https://www.unikin.ac.cd/" target="_blank">Unikin, the Universite de Kinshasa</a>, finds nothing).</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Having discovered the country code for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a more targeted Google Search found </span><a href="https://republique.cd/province/haut-lomami/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">this page in French about Haut-Lomami, the region of the country</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> where the choir was formed. It mentions a number of films that include the music, and also Car Jamming by the Clash, which mentions it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Outside the academic literature there is this piece in French from a DRC news site, about the musician <a href="https://infos.cd/culture/9eme-lettre-aux-enfants-de-la-rdc-connaissez-vous-lartiste-masengo-edouard-tribune-de-tonduangu-kuezina-daniel-rosoy-france/2007/" target="_blank">Masengo Edouard</a>, and in the Belgian press, <a href="https://www.levif.be/magazine/effet-de-messe/" target="_blank">this in French from Le Vif</a> (needs a subscription) and <a href="https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/hg2lk0nr" target="_blank">this in Flemish from Nieuwsblad</a>, all of which mention Missa Luba. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A general Google search for Haazen or the Missa Luba finds mostly discographies and details of recordings, but also <a href="http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/05/guido-haazen-c-1928-2004-missa-luba.html" target="_blank">this blogpost from Mark Alburger</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the 1970s, when I heard this first, it was a fascinating thing. It was music from another country, another continent. Added to that now would be a discussion of the way the mass was written, and the origins of the music, the name of the choir (named after the king of the colonial power, named in French). The way the 1950s sleeve notes present the music is fascinating too. Did Father Guido Haazen collect the melodies and rhythms, and as the labels suggest, arrange it? How "authentic" (my word) is it as an example of the music of that area of the country?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of my favourite composers, collected folk music in England, put some of the tunes into churches, and used some of the melodies in his compositions. I think he helped preserve the songs by doing so, as the sleeve notes to Missa Luba suggest Fr. Haazen wanted to do. I think there's a class angle to what RVW did, but there's a different angle to Missa Luba, in that it was a European collecting, wanting to retain the music. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I read somewhere that the recording of the Missa Luba, without the side of songs, has been re-released but as a CD. It would be interesting to compare the sleeve notes.</span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-81686123590587872722023-05-10T09:24:00.004+00:002023-05-10T09:24:58.707+00:00What's new in midwifery - 10th May 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some things you might find useful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There is a new <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/series/small-vulnerable-newborns" target="_blank">Lancet series</a> on "small vulnerable newborns". <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00354-9/fulltext" target="_blank">The first in the series</a> argues for that new term, to include preterm births, SGA and LBW. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/09/simple-measures-could-save-1-million-babies-a-year-doctors-plead" target="_blank">That article is discussed in the Guardian</a>. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A new </span><a href="https://maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/MMHA-Specialist-PMH-community-team-maps-2023.pdf" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Maternal Mental Health Foundation report (PDF) on specialist perinatal mental health care</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/02/poor-mental-health-support-during-pregnancy-risks-uk-womens-lives" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">discussed in the Guardian</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A NIHR Evidence Alert - summary of a research article - on </span><a href="https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/assisted-vaginal-births-women-need-prompt-antibiotics/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">the need for women who tear or who have a surgical cut to get prompt antibiotics</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A research article, </span><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43678-023-00500-7" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Application of the Modified Early Obstetrical Warning System (MEOWS) in postpartum patients in the emergency department</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Colleagues you meet might appreciate this <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/01/failure-to-recognise-ectopic-pregnancy-causing-womens-deaths-says-expert" target="_blank">Guardian article on r</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/01/failure-to-recognise-ectopic-pregnancy-causing-womens-deaths-says-expert" target="_blank">ecognising ectopic pregnancy</a>.</span></p><p><a href="https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17499" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Progestogen maintenance therapy for prolongation of pregnancy after an episode of preterm labour: A systematic review and meta-analysis</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Acknowledgements: <a href="https://trfthealthweeklydigest.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service's Latest Health News</a>; <a href="https://www.evidencealerts.com/" target="_blank">McMaster Evidence Alerts</a>.</i></span></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-13702725839853056432023-04-26T12:31:00.004+00:002023-05-10T09:12:16.207+00:00What's new in midwifery - 26th April 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A collection of new things that might be useful to know about:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">NICE <a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10360/consultation/html-content-2" target="_blank">draft guidance on Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies</a>, out for consultation, closing 6th June 2023. Expected to be published in September. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jpm-2022-0131/html" target="_blank">Umbrella review of interventions to reduce late onset sepsis in neonates</a> (open access).</span></p><p><a href="https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/pregnant-women-trial-home-diabetes-test-2023a100084z" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Medscape report of a trial running in Southampton of remote testing technology for gestational diabetes mellitus</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/22/woman-who-miscarried-fined-by-nhs-for-claiming-free-prescription-while-pregnant" target="_blank">Guardian report of a woman who miscarried after 9 weeks being fined for claiming free prescriptions</a>. This made me aware of the maternity exemption certificate that midwives can register people for - something to follow up if you were not aware of it either!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A trial conducted in the USA of </span><a href="https://www.evidencealerts.com/Articles/AlertedArticle/108842" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">tranexamic acid to prevent haemorrhage after a caesarean</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/newborn-blood-spot-screening-programme-supporting-publications" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Supporting publications for professionals involved in newborn blood spot screening</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, updated 14th April 2023.</span></p><p><br /></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009089.post-22142697869998230572023-04-13T12:51:00.005+00:002023-04-13T12:51:44.977+00:00What's new in midwifery - 13th April 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">News</span></h3><p><a href="https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2023/04/12/addressing-inequities-to-improve-maternal-health-for-all/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Addressing Inequities to IMPROVE Maternal Health for All</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, from the director of the National Library of Medicine, for Black Maternal Health Week in the USA.</span></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">NICE guidance</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/hte6" target="_blank">Genedrive MT-RNR1 ID Kit for detecting a genetic variant to guide antibiotic use and prevent hearing loss in babies: early value assessment</a>, HTE6, 30th March 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Reports</span></h3><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/national-preceptorship-framework-for-midwifery/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">NHS Preceptorship for Midwifery</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> - , March 2023. This is the framework for the preceptorship period of structured support for newly qualified midwives.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Research and systematic reviews</span></h3><p><a href="https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17436" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Women’s preconception health in England: a report card based on cross-sectional analysis of national maternity services data from 2018/2019</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> , (open access).</span></p><p><a href="https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17438" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">McDonald versus Shirodkar cerclage technique in the prevention of preterm birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, (open access).</span></p><p><a href="https://www.evidencealerts.com/Articles/AlertedArticle/108693" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Meta-analysis of long-term (>1 year) cardiac outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (peripartum cardiomyopathy is the development of heart failure towards the end of pregnancy or in the months after delivery). (Link is to the Evidence Alerts site - you may need library access or a subscription to read the actual paper).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000352.pub3/full" target="_blank">Planned hospital birth compared with planned home birth for pregnant women at low risk of complications</a>, Cochrane review, March 2023, revision of a review last updated in 2012.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001233.pub4/full" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Mechanical methods for induction of labour</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, Cochrane review, March 2023, revision of a review last updated in 2019.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Acknowledgements: Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service Latest Health News ; McMaster Evidence Alerts</span></i></p>Keith Nockelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902553341461176325noreply@blogger.com0