Improving Vaginal Examinations Performed by Midwives = تحسين مهارة الفحص المهبلي للقابلات

The quality of routine examinations of the newborn performed by midwives and SHOs; an evaluation using video recordings.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of the routine examination of the newborn as carried out by senior house officers (SHOs) and midwives. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial set in a district general hospital in Southeast England. Eligible babies were randomised to a midwife (11) or an SHO (8) who were then video recorded undertaking the routine newborn examination. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Qual...

‘Validation of ultrasound examinations performed by general practitioners’

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic agreement when a general practitioner and subsequently a specialist (radiologist/gynecologist) performed point-of-care ultrasound examinations for certain abdominal and gynecological conditions of low to moderate complexity. DESIGN A prospective study of inter-rater reliability and agreement. SETTING Patients were recruited and ...

Consent requirements for pelvic examinations performed for training purposes.

A Case of Hydranencephaly in Which Ophthalmic Examinations Were Performed

PURPOSE We performed ophthalmic examinations, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), on a case diagnosed with hydranencephaly. CASE REPORT This case involved a female infant born at the gestational age of 35 weeks and 4 days, with the birth weight of 2,152 g, who was one of monochorionic diamniotic twins, and the identical twin died in utero at the gestational age of 24 weeks. After th...

Vacuum aspiration for induced abortion could be safely and legally performed by nurses and midwives

BACKGROUND Some 40% of abortions carried out in England and Wales are done by vacuum aspiration. It is widely assumed that, in order to be lawful, these procedures must be performed by doctors. AIM AND DESIGN This study aimed to provide a detailed reassessment of the relevant law and the clinical evidence that supports this assumption. CONCLUSIONS A close reading of relevant law reveals tha...