Psychological well-being of women at high risk of spontaneous preterm birth cared for in a specialised preterm birth clinic: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Objectives: To assess the psychological well-being of pregnant women at increased risk of spontaneous preterm birth, and the impact of care from a preterm birth clinic.

Design: Single-centre longitudinal cohort study over 1 year, 2018-2019.

Setting: Tertiary maternity hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.

Optimal bedside urinalysis for the detection of proteinuria in hypertensive pregnancy: a study of diagnostic accuracy.

Objective: To compare semi-quantitative visual and automated methods of urine testing with fully quantitative point of care urinalysis for the detection of significant proteinuria (0.3 g/24 hours) in pregnancy complicated by hypertension.

Design: A prospective comparative study.

Accuracy of urinalysis dipstick techniques in predicting significant proteinuria in pregnancy.

Objective: To estimate the accuracy of point-of-care dipstick urinalysis in predicting significant proteinuria in pregnancy.

Data Sources: Literature from 1970 to February 2002 was identified via 1). general bibliographic databases, that is, MEDLINE and EMBASE, 2).

Hidden errors of aneroid sphygmomanometers.

Background: Measurement of blood pressure remains the most commonly performed screening test in medical practice. With the likely removal of mercury sphygmomanometers from the workplace alternative devices are required. Of these the aneroid sphygmomanometer is popular both in the community and hospital setting.