Evidence-based Sources

A Doula Helps Change Law about Mandatory Erythromycin Ointment

June 8, 2020

Evidence-Based Birth ~ 2012 A Doula Helps Change Law about Mandatory Erythromycin Ointment Recently, I wrote about the evidence for erythromycin ointment in newborns. In my review of the evidence, I found that erythromycin is used to prevent eye infections that are caused by sexually transmitted diseases– chlamydia and gonorrhea. There are several evidence-based alternatives to erythromycin– including prenatal screening for chlamydia […]

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Of Blind Alleys and Things That Worked: Part 2 ~ Contemporary White Paper on maternal mortality in developed countries from 1870 to 1937

May 2, 2018

Part 2: Of Blind Alleys and Things that Have Worked: History’s Lessons on Reducing Maternal Mortality      word count 4499 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Professionalisation of Delivery Care and Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries Time series on the evolution of maternal mortality in developing countries are hardier to come by than in the West (Figure 6). There […]

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Maternal Mortality ~ Part 1: Of Blind Alleys & Things that Worked: Historical Lessons for Reducing Maternal Mortality ~ 1870 – 1937

May 1, 2018

Originally posted on http://www.jsieurope.org/safem/collect/safem/pdf/s2929e/s2929e.pdf Section 02. Of Blind Alleys and Things that Have Worked: History’s Lessons on Reducing Maternal Mortality Wim Van Lerberghe1 and Vincent De Brouwere2 “It is only in recent years that the significance of the problem of maternal mortality has been clearly realised by the health experts, …” Monthly Epidemiological Report Health […]

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Links to recently published reports from Canada on the safety of professional midwifery & science-based guidelines for discussing choice of birth settings with clients

July 12, 2016

. . .   xyz  Why PHB studies confirm PHB safe as hosp birth in Canada but NOT in US 2016       Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) ~ Choice of Birth Place ~ Guidelines for discussing place of birth with clients Consumer version   Guideline for discussing choice of birthplace with clients: Methodology and review […]

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Consensus on Reduction of CS Rate: all 104 References ACOG & SMFM 2014

May 23, 2016

~ Obstetrical Care Consensus Series ~ Joint undertaking by ACOG and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery Number 1, March 2014 (Reaffirmed 2016) http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Obstetric-Care-Consensus-Series/Safe-Prevention-of-the-Primary-Cesarean-Delivery This is a really rich resource for references that relate to reducing CS, increasing NSVD, and a great many unanswered questions such as effects of induction, epidural, […]

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