Nice | Obesity; consider early referral
This updated guideline from NICE looks at obesity. The big changes from the 2006 guideline have been well publicised in the news and mainly advise that referral for bariatric surgery be considered at ...
Nice | Obesity in adults and children
The big changes from the 2006 guideline have been well publicised in the news and mainly advise that referral for bariatric surgery be considered at a lower BMI to previously, especially where ...
FSRH | Emergency contraception in obese women
There is a new statement from the FSRH reassuring us that the use of oral emergency contraception (EC) in obese women is OK.
Levonorgestrel is available in Europe with the brand name 'Norlevo' and it ...
Shoulder dystocia
Most of this guideline is aimed at secondary care. From our point of view:
Elective Caesarean may be offered to diabetic women with an estimate birth weight of over 4.5kg (though it is acknowledged t...
Reduced Fetal Movements
A lot of this is what we already do. However there is a good flow chart at page 14. New things for me were:
In a pregnancy with 2 or more episodes of reduced fetal movements (RFM), there is a worse o...
