Has the OASI bundle been a success?
Has the OASI bundle been a success? #perinealtrauma #episiotomy @TransformingMCC
New research
Is CTG monitoring for higher risk women beneficial?
@melaniethemidwife (aka Melanie Jackson) has put together a fabulous summary of our recent research paper. Thanks Melanie – you have captured it really well! Small, K. A., Sidebotham, M., Fenwick, J., & Gamble, J. (2020, Sept). Intrapartum cardiotocograph monitoring and perinatal outcomes for women at risk: Literature review. Women and Birth, 33(5), 411-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.10.002
The story behind our paper
Today’s post shares the back story behind our paper. #CTG #EFM #PerinatalMortality #CP
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Is computerised interpretation of the CTG a cost-effective option?
Computerised interpretation of the #CTG with #INFANT doesn’t save healthcare costs. It is time to abandon it.
Oxygen and fetal heart rate abnormalities
Don’t assume that because something is standard practice in your part of the world that it is based in sound evidence.
Customised growth charts and stillbirth prevention: New research
Personalised growth charts don’t seem to be the solution we hoped for. #GAP #StillbirthPrevention
Challenging the mechanical view of birth
Women and babies continue to get on with the task of birth, even though science hasn’t quite worked out how they do it.
Is more technology the solution to fetal monitoring?
The thinking that went into the creation of CTG monitoring was itself fundamentally flawed.
CoVid19 and the CTG
Making blanket recommendations to use CTG monitoring for women who test positive for CoVid19 is not good science.
