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
What is perinatal asphyxia? An analysis of how we construct meaning.
What do we mean when we say perinatal asphyxia?
Does CTG monitoring cause the fetal heart rate to become abnormal?
The design of the very first RCT about CTG monitoring is interesting, and it raised a question which we really haven’t ever answered fully. Does the use of CTGs create the very problem they are meant to prevent?
Has the OASI bundle been a success?
Has the OASI bundle been a success? #perinealtrauma #episiotomy @TransformingMCC
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
