What's new in midwifery - 15th April 2024

Selected new (or newish) items of interest.  I am trying with this one to use DOIs as the link, please consult your library service, if you have access to one, if you have trouble accessing full text.

In the news, Guardian analysis of NHS figures shows black women in England are more likely to have serious birth complications, 

Some systematic reviews and research

Effectiveness of care bundles in preventing postpartum haemorrhage, a systematic review,  

Socio-economic disadvantage and utilisation of labour epidural analgesia, a study carried out in Scotland, 

A systematic review of maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with water birth,

Use of a peanut ball, positioning and pelvic mobility in parturient women shortens labour and improves maternal satisfaction with childbirth: a randomised trial,   

Deferred cord clamping to improve neonatal blood values: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 

Society of Radiographers guidance

Competencies for ultrasound practice in private baby scan clinics 

NHS staff policy

NHS England National pregnancy and baby loss people framework, policy that applies to NHS staff themselves who experience pregnancy or baby loss.

What's new in midwifery - 19th February 2024

Not sure where the time went, but here are some things that might be useful to know.    

Respectful maternity care

Respectful maternity care, a systematic review .  This is a systematic review of definitions and valid measurements of "respectful maternity care".  There is a published correction detailing errors in some of the published tables.  There is also an AHRQ (the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Comparative Effectiveness Review on the topic. 

Recommendations and research

WHO recommendations on the assessment of postpartum blood loss and use of a treatment bundle for postpartum haemorrhage.

The effect of subsequent pregnancy and childbirth on stress urinary incontinence recurrence following midurethral sling procedure: a meta-analysis. 

Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Postpartum Depression in Women With Prenatal Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Clinical Practice Guideline no. 8: first and second stage labor management.

Other things

Tales from Call the Midwife podcast series, including stories from people who have experienced or remember events described or portrayed in the series.   

Observer article on perinatal mental health, including information about organisations.

Acknowledgements: Rotherham Hospital Library and Knowledge Service Latest Health News blog; McMaster Evidence Alerts, Heather Dawson (LSE)'s Social sciences updates.

What's new in midwifery - 4th January 2024 (Happy New Year!)

Some things that might be useful to know about

Perinatal bereavement

SANDS Listening Project, learning from the experiences of Black and Asian bereaved parents (PDF)

Infant feeding

Breastfeeding and once-daily small-volume formula supplementation to prevent infant growth impairment,  (open access research article)

Perinatal mental health

Perinatal mental health conditions, SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network) Guideline 169
 

Delivery

Perinatal morbidity among women with a previous caesarean delivery (PRISMA trial): a cluster-randomised trial, link to PubMed record (subscription needed to read the article)

Vaginal compared with oral misoprostol induction at term: a cluster randomized controlled trial, link to PubMed record (subscription needed to read the article) 

Statistics

NHS Digital Maternity services monthly statistics, final for September 2023, provisional for October 2023, and experimental statistics.

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