The microbial pathology of maternal perinatal sepsis: A single-institution retrospective five-year review.

Introduction: Greater than half of in-hospital maternal deaths are caused by sepsis, a condition that occurs when infection exceeds local tissue containment and results in organ dysfunction. Determining the source of infection can be challenging. Microbiological cultures of the uterine cavity are often difficult to obtain, so antimicrobial susceptibility results may not be available to guide treatment.

Trends in instrument preference for operative vaginal delivery in a tertiary referral center: 2008-2021.

Objective: To examine temporal trends in operative vaginal deliveries as well as the ratio between vacuum and forceps deliveries over 15 years in a large tertiary hospital.

Methods: This retrospective study assessed prospectively collected data from 2008 to 2021. Women with greater than 37 weeks of gestation who underwent an operative vaginal delivery were included.

Uterine didelphys: diagnosis, management and pregnancy outcome.

This report addresses and discusses two cases of uterine didelphys in pregnancy. The first case describes the diagnosis, management and subsequent pregnancies in a 28-year-old woman, para 2, with known didelphys uterus, left-obstructed hemi-vagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis. This uterine anomaly was diagnosed at 13 years of age, after pelvic imaging identified a haematocolpos and two uteri.

Preventing skin staining: an effective iron infusion protocol.

Purpose: To implement a safe and effective intravenous iron infusion protocol to prevent skin staining.

Design/methodology/approach: Mixed methods approach was utilised including education, auditing, self-reported survey, patient information leaflet and patient feedback. In total 25 healthcare professionals completed the survey and 15 patients provided feedback.

Skin staining following intravenous iron infusion.

This report describes the case of a 36-year-old woman, gravida 3, para 2, at 11 weeks' gestation, who received a ferric carboxymaltose infusion for iron deficiency anaemia after medical management of a miscarriage. The following morning, light brown skin staining was noted at the infusion site, and the staining was present 2 months later at follow-up. Skin staining following intravenous iron infusion is a rare but important side effect.

Educational Interventions to Enhance Situation Awareness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of educational interventions on health care professionals' situation awareness (SA). We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, HW Wilson, ERIC, Scopus, EMBASE, PsycINFO, psycARTICLES, Psychology and Behavioural Science Collection and the Cochrane library. Articles that reported a targeted SA intervention or a broader intervention incorporating SA, and an objective outcome measure of SA were included.