Does antenatal CTG monitoring save lives?
Are we doing more harm than good when we use a #CTG for a woman with reduced movements?
Does intrapartum CTG monitoring save lives?
For those like to read the fine print: Does #CTG monitoring in labour save lives? #EFM #Stillbirth #PerinatalMortality #EvidenceBasedCare
Are we monitoring or not? Language matters.
When is fetal monitoring not fetal monitoring? #EFM #CTG #LanguageMatters
Are admission CTGs effective?
Should we offer women a CTG when they present in labour? The answer is a clear NO. #CTG #EFM #EvidenceBasedCare @decdevane @valeriesmithTCD
GOLD Obstetrics November 23 – Sign up!
I’m delighted to share that I’ll be the Closing Keynote Speaker at GOLD Obstetrics 2020 online conference! My webinar “Why is it so Hard to Align Clinical Practice with the Evidence About Cardiotocography Monitoring?” is a free event so come join me live on November 23! GOLD Obstetrics runs from November 9 (today!) to January 4, and includes 10.5+ hours of accredited education. The accessible online format makes it easy to keep current on research and […]
A poem: A midwife thinking
I played with a number of analytical techniques when conducting my data analysis. One interesting approach I experimented with was the use of what are known as I poems. (I became aware of them when reading a chapter by Reid, 2017). To construct an I poem you select phrases in the data that start with “I”, collect them together and explore what they say about what people are doing. While […]
Are doctors still improving childbirth?
Is more medical care always better? Reflections on the law of diminishing returns. @susan_bewley @eternal1098 #toomuchtoosoon
Head compression as a cause of decelerations
Early decelerations are due to head compression. Or are they? #evidencebasedcare #fetalphysiology #EFM #CTG
Birth technology as self-fulfilling prophecy
There is a logic trap that justifies ineffective birth technology. #CTG #EFM @TransformingMCC
