Codesign and refinement of an optimised antenatal education session to better inform women and prepare them for labour and birth.

Objective: Our objective was to codesign, implement, evaluate acceptability and refine an optimised antenatal education session to improve birth preparedness.

Design: There were four distinct phases: codesign (focus groups and codesign workshops with parents and staff); implementation of intervention; evaluation (interviews, questionnaires, structured feedback forms) and systematic refinement.

Setting: The study was set in a single maternity unit with approximately 5500 births annually.

Triple antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing PCI: current evidence and practice.

Patients with atrial fibrillation taking oral anticoagulation and undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with stent insertion are recommended to receive antithrombotic therapy with aspirin and P2Y receptor antagonist. This combinatory regime encompasses triple therapy (TT). Although TT reduces the risk of ischemic events such as stroke and stent thrombosis, it is associated with an increased bleeding risk.

The Sierra Club and immigration policy: a critique.

In 1998, the Sierra Club membership voted in a contentious referendum to refrain from including restriction of U.S. immigration as part of its official club population policy.