Teaching point-of-care ultrasound using a serious game: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an important diagnostic tool for internists. However, there are important barriers in learning POCUS, including lack of practice time and lack of experts for supervision. Alternative learning tools may assist in overcoming these barriers.

Interprofessional collaborative practice in obstetrics and midwifery.

As the health care system transforms to accommodate an increased need for primary care services and more patients, new models of health care delivery are needed that can provide quality health care services efficiently. An integrated collaborative practice of certified nurse-midwives, obstetrician-gynecologists, and perinatologists is best suited to meet the rapidly changing needs of the maternity health care delivery system. This article reviews the literature on interprofessional collaborative practice and describes the structure, function, and essential elements of successful collaboration in health care.

Magnetic resonance imaging of cervical ectopic pregnancy in the second trimester.

Objective: To describe the magnetic resonance imaging findings of cervical ectopic pregnancy in the second trimester.

Conclusions: Magnetic resonance imaging findings of cervical ectopic pregnancy in the second trimester include intracervical location of the fetus, endometrial hyperplasia within an otherwise empty endometrial cavity, and irregular placentation in the cervix. Correct recognition of the condition is critical because of the potential for catastrophic and life-threatening maternal bleeding.

Impending macrosomia: will induction of labour modify the risk of caesarean delivery?

Objective: To compare the annual incidence rates of caesarean delivery between induction of labour and expectant management in the setting of macrosomia.

Design: This is a retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Deliveries in the USA in 2003.