What's new in midwifery - 27th September 2022

Some research you may find useful...

Those marked L need payment or librarian intervention.    Those marked OA are open access.   

One new Cochrane review: Maternal postures for fetal malposition in labour for improving the health of mothers and their infants.  This is one of two new reviews replacing a review from 2007.  The other is on maternal postures for fetal malposition in late pregnancy, but I can see no published review or protocol at the moment.  (Access for free within the UK).

Two on labour or delivery, possibly more obstetrics, but may be of interest:

Weight-Based Compared With Fixed-Dose Enoxaparin Prophylaxis After Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial, (the link is to the PubMed record - I cannot find the published full text).

Outpatient Compared With Inpatient Preinduction Cervical Ripening Using a Synthetic Osmotic Dilator: A Randomized Clinical Trial. (OA)

Two about gestational diabetes:

Lower versus Higher Glycemic Criteria for Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes. (L)

Tighter or less tight glycaemic targets for women with gestational diabetes mellitus for reducing maternal and perinatal morbidity: A stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial.  (OA)

One about a United States nutritional program(me):

Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Outcomes Associated with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children : A Systematic Review  (OA)

And lastly, one about COVID:

COVID-19 diagnosed in 0.1 percent of neonates, a MedXPress news item about a study published in Pediatrics on 23 August.  This is the PubMed record for the study (which will need librarian intervention or payment).

Acknowledgements: McMaster Evidence Alerts, Nursing Times.