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2018

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First Trimester Serum Biomarkers To Predict Gestational Diabetes In A High-Risk Cohort: Striving For Clinically Useful Thresholds, Siobhan M. Corcoran, Natalie Achamallah, John O'Loughlan, Philip Stafford, Pat Dicker, Fergal D. Malone, Fionnuala Breathnach Jan 2018

First Trimester Serum Biomarkers To Predict Gestational Diabetes In A High-Risk Cohort: Striving For Clinically Useful Thresholds, Siobhan M. Corcoran, Natalie Achamallah, John O'Loughlan, Philip Stafford, Pat Dicker, Fergal D. Malone, Fionnuala Breathnach

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Objectives: Screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes (GDM) has been a source of controversy. The prevalence has increased in line with an obesity epidemic and a trend towards delayed child-bearing. Treatment of even modest glycaemic impairment in pregnancy has been shown to be beneficial in preventing its clinical sequalae. However the cumbersome nature and timing of the oral glucose tolerance test coupled with debate around universal versus risk factor based screening have been problematic. This group aimed to investigate a panel of biomarkers which have shown promise in the literature to predict GDM from the first trimester in a group …


The Use Of Scorecards To Improve Documentation Of Obstetrical Blood Loss, Marilyn Cejka Steinberg Jan 2018

The Use Of Scorecards To Improve Documentation Of Obstetrical Blood Loss, Marilyn Cejka Steinberg

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Obstetric hemorrhage is one of the most common causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. The measurement of quantitative blood loss (QBL) at delivery prevents clinicians from failing to recognize hemorrhage in healthy obstetric patients who initially compensate for excessive blood loss. The purpose of this project was to improve the compliance of labor and delivery nurses in a community hospital with consistent QBL measurement. Key theories that formed the basis for the project were Lewin's theory of planned change and homeostasis. The project question addressed was: Is the use of weekly scorecards to provide feedback to nurses with both blinded …