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Volume 11 (2013) - October 2013

 
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Research article   Open Access

A combined community- and facility-based approach to improve pregnancy outcomes in low-resource settings: a Global Network cluster randomized trial

Omrana Pasha, Elizabeth M McClure, Linda L Wright, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S Goudar, Elwyn Chomba, Archana Patel, Fabian Esamai, Ana Garces, Fernando Althabe, Bhala Kodkany, Hillary Mabeya, Albert Manasyan, Waldemar A Carlo, Richard J Derman, Patricia L Hibberd, Edward K Liechty, Nancy Krebs, K Michael Hambidge, Pierre Buekens, Janet Moore, Alan H Jobe, Marion Koso-Thomas, Dennis D Wallace, Suzanne Stalls, Robert L Goldenberg BMC Medicine 2013, 11:215 (3 October 2013)

Abstract | Provisional PDF |  Editor’s summary

In a clinical trial, interventions based on birth planning, hospital transport and staff training do not reduce perinatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), suggesting more resources are needed to improve obstetric care systems.

Research article   Open Access

Transmission potential of influenza A/H7N9, February to May 2013, China

Gerardo Chowell, Lone Simonsen, Sherry Towers, Mark A Miller, Cécile Viboud BMC Medicine 2013, 11:214 (2 October 2013)

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Mathematical models suggest the novel influenza A/H7N9 virus has low transmission potential in China, but continued monitoring is warranted as changing seasonal factors and relaxed interventional measures might promote its spread.

Research article   Open Access

Development and evaluation of the feasibility and effects on staff, patients, and families of a new tool, the Psychosocial Assessment and Communication Evaluation (PACE), to improve communication and palliative care in intensive care and during clinical uncertainty

Irene J Higginson, Jonathan Koffman, Philip Hopkins, Wendy Prentice, Rachel Burman, Sara Leonard, Caroline Rumble, Jo Noble, Odette Dampier, William Bernal, Sue Hall, Myfanwy Morgan, Cathy Shipman BMC Medicine 2013, 11:213 (1 October 2013)

Abstract | Provisional PDF |  Editor’s summary

A new tool, Psychosocial Assessment and Communication Evaluation (PACE), shows promising results in improving communication and palliative care for both patients and their families during clinical uncertainty in intensive care units (ICU).