What is the effectiveness of childbirth education on birth outcomes?

Searched PubMed and Joanna Briggs on the concepts of Prenatal, perinatal, childbirth and lamaze education and effectiveness or outcomes.

The following has been selected for review

Effects of extended childbirth education by midwives on the childbirth fear of first-time mothers: An RCT. (n.d.). Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Scandinavian journal of caring sciences , 2016.

Fernández Y Fernández-Arroyo, M., Muñoz, I., & Torres, J. (n.d.). Assessment of the pregnancy education programme with ‘EDUMA2’ questionnaire in Madrid (Spain). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 20(4), 436-444.

Byrne, J., Hauck, Y., Fisher, C., Bayes, S., & Schutze, R. (n.d.). Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education pilot study on maternal self-efficacy and fear of childbirth. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 59(2), 192-197.

Vasegh Rahimparvar, S., Hamzehkhani, M., Geranmayeh, M., & Rahimi, R. (n.d.). Effect of educational software on self-efficacy of pregnant women to cope with labor: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 286(1), 63-70

Koehn, M. (2002). Childbirth education outcomes: An integrative review of the literature. The Journal of Perinatal Education an ASPO/Lamaze Publication., 11(3), 10-19.

Binte Maznin, Nur Liyanna [BSc (Nursing)]. Creedy, K Debra [RN, BA(Hons), M.Ed, PhD] A comprehensive systematic review of factors influencing women’s birthing preferences. 2009

What is the evidence for placing a peripherally inserted central catheter in patients who had a mastectomy?

Bloom, Elizabeth “Accelerated partial breast irradiation using the strut-adjusted volume implant single-entry hybrid catheter in brachytherapy for breast cancer in the setting of breast augmentation.” Brachytherapy yr:2011 vol:10 iss:3 pg:178 -83

Mathur, G, et al. “Permanent pacemaker implantation via the femoral vein: an alternative in cases with contraindications to the pectoral approach.” Europace 3.1 (2001):56-9.

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What are examples of policies, protocols, and safety measures for waterbirths in hospitals?

Dahlen, Hannah G Maternal and perinatal outcomes amongst low risk women giving birth in water compared to six birth positions on land. A descriptive cross sectional study in a birth centre over 12 years. Midwifery (MIDWIFERY), 2013; 29 (7): 759-64.

UKCC statement on waterbirth. The current position. Midwives (13558404) (Midwives (13558404)), 1995 Jan; 108 (1284): 12.

US WATERBIRTH STUDY. Midwives (MIDWIVES), 2014; 17 (3): 11.

Chapman B Waterbirth protocols: five North Island hospitals in New Zealand. New Zealand College of Midwives Journal (NZ COLL MIDWIVES J), 2004 Apr; 30: 20-4.

Nutter, Elizabeth; Waterbirth: An Integrative Analysis of Peer-Reviewed Literature. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health (J MIDWIFERY WOMENS HEALTH), 2014 May; 59 (3): 286-319.

Benko A Waterbirth: is it a real choice? Midwifery Matters (MIDWIFERY MATTERS), 2009 Autumn (122): 9-12. (32 ref)

Maznin, Nur Liyanna Bt. Creedy, Debra Kay. A comprehensive systematic review of factors influencing women’s birthing preferences. The JBI Library of Systematic Reviews. 10(4):232-306, 2012.

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Characteristics of kidney stones in women

Wilcox: Therapy in Nephrology & Hypertension, 3rd ed.
Copyright © 2008 Saunders, An Imprint of Elsevier
PART V – Nephrolithiasis
Chapter 35 – Evaluation and Management of Kidney Stone Disease
Eric N. Taylor, Gary C. Curhan
Symptomatic nephrolithiasis classically presents with sudden unilateral flank pain. The pain is caused by the passage of a kidney stone from the renal pelvis to the ureter and is due to ureteral spasm. The pain is often severe and can cause nausea and vomiting. The location of the pain depends on the location of the stone; a stone in the upper ureter may cause pain to radiate anteriorly to the abdomen, and a stone in the lower ureter can cause pain to radiate to the ipsilateral testicle in men or to the ipsilateral labium in women.

Cunningham et al.: Williams Obstetrics, 24th ed.
Copyright © 2014  The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Chapter 53. Renal and Urinary Tract Disorders
“There is some evidence that pregnant women may have fewer symptoms with stone passage because of urinary tract dilatation (Hendricks, 1991; Tan, 2013). That said, more than 90 percent of pregnant women with nephrolithiasis present with pain. Gross hematuria is less common than in nonpregnant women and was reported to be a presenting symptom in 23 percent of women described by Butler and associates (2000). In another study, however, Lewis and coworkers (2003) found that only 2 percent had hematuria.”

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Does immediate reading of mammograms have a different call back rate than batch read screenings?

Stewart, Kate A, et al. “The effect of immediate reading of screening mammograms on medical care utilization and costs after false-positive mammograms.” Health services research 42.4 (2007):1464-1482.
Case-control study of women with false-positives v. normal mammograms. Included an analysis of rates of each for type of reading.

Ghate SV, et al. Comparison of recall and cancer detection rates for immediate versus batch interpretation of screening mammograms. Radiology. 2005 Apr;235(1):31-5.
Retrospective analysis of false positives and false negatives for mammograms. Does not identify how patients were assigned to immediate or batch reading group.

Burnside, Elizabeth S, et al. “The use of batch reading to improve the performance of screening mammography.” AJR, American journal of roentgenology 185.3 (2005):790-796.
This before-and-after study examined the effect on quality by uninterrupted time for batch reading versus the previous method which was nonbatch but not conducted while the patient waited.

Searched PubMed and AHRQ. Keywords: batch, mammograms, false positives, recall, call back

Updated 4/18/2014 AA

What does recent research say about kangaroo care (aka skin to skin care) after cesarean delivery?

Moore ER, Anderson GC, Bergman N, Dowswell T. Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Nov 25;11:CD003519.

Crenshaw JT, Cadwell K, Brimdyr K, Widström AM, Svensson K, Champion JD, Gilder RE, Winslow EH. Use of a video-ethnographic intervention (PRECESS Immersion Method) to improve skin-to-skin care and breastfeeding rates. Breastfeed Med. 2012 Apr;7(2):69-78.

Velandia M, Uvnäs-Moberg K, Nissen E. Sex differences in newborn interaction with mother or father during skin-to-skin contact after Caesarean section. Acta Paediatr. 2012 Apr;101(4):360-7.

Hung KJ, Berg O. Early skin-to-skin after cesarean to improve breastfeeding. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2011 Sep-Oct;36(5):318-24; quiz 325-6.

Gouchon S, Gregori D, Picotto A, Patrucco G, Nangeroni M, Di Giulio P. Skin-to-skin contact after cesarean delivery: an experimental study. Nurs Res. 2010 Mar-Apr;59(2):78-84.

Nolan A, Lawrence C. A pilot study of a nursing intervention protocol to minimize maternal-infant separation after Cesarean birth. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2009 Jul-Aug;38(4):430-42.

Erlandsson K, Dsilna A, Fagerberg I, Christensson K. Skin-to-skin care with the father after cesarean birth and its effect on newborn crying and prefeeding behavior. Birth. 2007 Jun;34(2):105-14.

Updated link for Cochrane systematic review 10/12/2017 ldt

What is the evidence on the benefits and outcomes of kangaroo care (aka skin to skin care) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)?

Five articles were found in PubMed that are either a systematic review or meta-analysis.

Conde-Agudelo A, Belizán JM, Diaz-Rossello J. Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Aug 23;(8):CD002771. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002771.pub4.

McCall EM, Alderdice F, Halliday HL, Jenkins JG, Vohra S. Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birthweight infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Mar 17;(3):CD004210.

Renfrew MJ, Craig D, Dyson L, McCormick F, Rice S, King SE, Misso K, Stenhouse E, Williams AF. Breastfeeding promotion for infants in neonatal units: a systematic review and economic analysis. Health Technol Assess. 2009 Aug;13(40):1-146, iii-iv.

McInnes RJ, Chambers J. Infants admitted to neonatal units–interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review 1990-2007. Matern Child Nutr. 2008 Oct;4(4):235-63.

Smith KM. Sleep and kangaroo care: clinical practice in the newborn intensive care unit: where the baby sleeps…J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2007 Apr-Jun;21(2):151-7.

A search within Joanna Briggs for “kangaroo mother care low birth” will find the following two items.

Kangaroo Mother Care: Low Birth Weight Infants. [Recommended Practices]. AN: JBI6047. Year of Publication: 2013.

Hitch, Danielle. Kangaroo Mother Care: Low Birth Weight Infants. [Evidence Summaries]. AN: JBI6046. Year of Publication: 2013.

Updated link to Cochrane systematic review 10/12/2017 ldt