| Titre : | Midwifery Digest (Midirs), Vol. 30, n° 4 - December 2020 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin : Périodique |
| Paru le : | 01/12/2020 |
| Année de publication : | 2020 |
| Langues: | Français |
| Disponible en ligne : | Non |
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Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) is recognised as the most common cause of anal incontinence (AI) in childbearing-aged women (Marsh 2011), encompassing symptoms of flatus incontinence, passive soiling, incontinence of liquid or solid stool[...]
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Background : Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery which health care providers may encounter at different stages of the trafficking process and recovery. Contact with someone in health care may be the victim's only opportunity to exp[...]
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Background : Perineal trauma is common injury sustained during childbirth that, if not managed appropriately, can lead to significant physical and psychological morbidities. Knowledge and skills gaps for perineal wound trauma assessment and repa[...]
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Background : Exercise during pregnancy can increase physical fitness, decrease the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and control gestational weight gain (GWG) ; there is also an association with enhanced psychological well-being. However,[...]
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The midwife has an essential role in providing care and guidance for women and their families throughout pregnancy, birth and the transition into parenthood. This article explores how a values-based approach to midwifery practice can influence w[...]
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‘Safety-Critical Systems (SCSs) can be defined as systems whose failure could result in loss of life, significant property damage or damage to the environment’ (Tarrant 2020:2). Examples of such systems are essential critical infrastructures lik[...]
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Heartburn is commonly experienced in the antenatal period and is often viewed as merely a minor, transitory ailment caused by a combination of relaxed muscles and increased pressure from the gravid uterus (Ali & Egan 2007). Research suggests tha[...]
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Background : The influenza and pertussis (whooping cough) antenatal vaccine programmes have been instituted in the United Kingdom (UK) since 2010 and 2012 respectively to combat morbidity and mortality among pregnant women and infants. There is [...]
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In late 2019 a new novel coronavirus (now called SARS-Co-V2 or COVID-19) was detected in a group of market workers in the Chinese province of Wuhan. Symptoms include fever, a dry cough, shortness of breath and flu-like symptoms. The virus has no[...]
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In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Co V-2) (Knight et al 2020). It is believed SARS-Co V-2 originated from a seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei Prov[...]
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Thirty years ago, when I began attending home births, I attended the birth of a very educated, as well as instinctive, woman. She delivered her baby in a squatting position, and as is normal, immediately sat down to hold her baby. However, a few[...]
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The management of breech birth is booth complex and controversial. While breech birth is usually conceptualised as an emergency situation, there is an argument that under certain criteria and with skilled practitioners, vaginal breech birth does[...]
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Humanisation in pregnancy and birth has long been associated with woman who have “healthy” pregnancies and “low-risk” births. Curtin et al (2019) identify how humanisation encompasses all women, regardless of their care pathway, and that women w[...]
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In the United Kingdom (UK) some women decide to opt out of National Health Service (NHS) or independent midwifery care and freebirth. A “freebirth” is when a woman chooses to birth at home or in another non-medical setting, without a trained pro[...]
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Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB) is a rare haemorrhagic disorder affecting the neonate first described by Townsend (1894) as the “haemorrhagic disease of the newborn”. Yet, the discovery of the deficiency of vitamin K or “Koagulation factor”[...]
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Wendy Marsh ;
Ann Robinson ;
J. Leamon ;
Jill Shawe
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There is growing evidence that the number of babies being removed from their mothers at birth in the UK is increasing (Broadhurst et al 2015) and that domestic violence, drug misuse and mental ill-health are all contributory factors (Marsh et al[...]
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Internationally the benefits of antenatal group class education have been associated with promoting normal birth, avoiding induction of labour, reducing perinatal anxiety, supporting breastfeeding, preventing pelvic girdle pain and reducing post[...]
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| Midwifery Digest (Midirs). Vol. 30, n° 4 (December 2020) | Périodique papier | Woluwe | Espace revues | Consultation sur place uniquement Exclu du prêt |
