Improving management of first and second stages of labour in low- and middle-income countries.

Labour care must balance aspirations of parents with vigilance for unanticipated calamities. The 'on-site midwife-led primary care birth unit' facilitates this. The World Health Organization have replaced the traditional partograph with the 'Labour Care Guide'.

Lived experiences of South African rehabilitation practitioners during coronavirus disease 2019.

Background: In South Africa, the sharp rise in people with severe illness because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in early 2020, meant that health systems needed to adapt services and operations, including rehabilitation services. Important insights into the lived experiences of rehabilitation personnel enacting these adaptations in an African context are limited.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of rehabilitation practitioners working in the public sector in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A global perspective on the management and outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) remains a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The disease is associated with various complications occurring mainly early during its course. Reported adverse outcomes include decompensated heart failure, thromboembolic complications, arrhythmias and death.

Outcomes and complications of peripartum cardiomyopathy: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) remains a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The disease is associated with various complications, which occur predominantly during the early stages of the disease. Adverse outcomes include decompensated heart failure, thromboembolic complications, arrhythmias and death.

Utility of mobile learning in Electrocardiography.

Aims: Mobile learning is attributed to the acquisition of knowledge derived from accessing information on a mobile device. Although increasingly implemented in medical education, research on its utility in Electrocardiography remains sparse. In this study, we explored the effect of mobile learning on the accuracy of electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis and interpretation.

Neglected cardiovascular diseases and their significance in the Global North.

Due to increasing global migration, the spectrum of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is changing in developed countries. Up to 3% of migrants arriving in Europe have underlying CVD. Despite their high global prevalence, conditions such as rheumatic heart disease, Chagas disease, endomyocardial fibrosis, tuberculous pericarditis, peripartum cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension are often under-recognized, and, as a result, neglected in industrialized countries.