Annual Evidence Update: Antenatal and Pregnancy Care

Annual Evidence Update: 27th September

Antenatal and pregnancy care (NHS Evidence - women's health)
www.library.nhs.uk/womenshealth

NHS Evidence - women's health is holding its next Annual Evidence Update from Monday 27 September. The Antenatal Care Evidence Update builds on the accumulated knowledge-base and provides an up-to-date summary of the latest evidence in this area including the provision of antenatal care, patient information needs, common pregnancy problems, antenatal ultrasound and fetal monitoring. All the information contained in our AEU has been subject to rigorous selection criteria. We know it is very difficult for busy health professionals to keep up-to-date with the huge volume of literature that is published each year and so the specialist collections are here to do this for you.

Annual Evidence Update: Amblyopia

Annual Evidence Update: 27th September

Amblyopia (NHS Evidence - eyes and vision)
www.library.nhs.uk/eyes

Clinicians treating ophthalmic disease in children always have to consider, and often have to manage, amblyopia - either as the main disorder causing impaired vision or as a contributing condition. The 2010 Annual Evidence Update focuses on the clinical and functional outcomes of amblyopia and highlights the:

· clinical outcomes of treatment - focusing on aspects of visual acuity, stereopsis, and ocular alignment;
· functional outcomes of treatment - focusing on aspects of quality of life and visual functioning;
· adverse events of treatment;
· new evidence that is likely to inform a change in clinical practice;
· current uncertainties in the effectiveness of treatments.

Commentaries have been provided by Jugnoo Rahi, Reader in Ophthalmic Epidemiology/Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, Institute of Child Health UCL; Jill Carlton, Research Associate, ScHARR, University of Sheffield and Mike Clarke, Reader in Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Autumn Training Schedule

Our Autumn training schedule is now available. To view the schedule, and find out how to book, please follow the links from our training pages on the website:

http://www.mtw.nhs.uk/library-and-information-services/training-programme.asp

ALL Trust staff are welcome to join the library and use the services, including free training in the library or the workplace.

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Annual Evidence Update: Faecal Incontinence

Surgical aspects of faecal incontinence (NHS Evidence - surgery, anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care)

www.library.nhs.uk/theatres

NHS Evidence – surgery, anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care will be publishing its third Annual Evidence Update on the surgical management of faecal incontinence. The update will coincide with National Continence Awareness Week 2010 beginning 20 September. NICE guidance on faecal incontinence (CG49) was published in June 2007 based on literature published prior to October 2006. Having published the second update in September 2009, this AEU will highlight relevant, good quality evidence published between July 2009 and July 2010, focusing specifically on surgical management (including biofeedback and implants).

Annual Evidence Update: Osteoarthritis

Annual Evidence Update: Osteoarthritis

(NHS Evidence - musculoskeletal and NHS Evidence - trauma and orthopaedics)

www.library.nhs.uk/musculoskeletal and www.library.nhs.uk/trauma_orthopaedics

This is the fourth Annual Evidence Update on osteoarthritis produced by NHS Evidence - musculoskeletal in conjunction with NHS Evidence - trauma and orthopaedics and includes the results of a search for new national guidance and systematic reviews published since August 2009. To accompany this update, there will be commentaries discussing the new evidence.

Visit the Library

The Trust Library Services is freely available to all MTW Trust staff, local PCTs and placement students.

Both Libraries offer 24/7 access, networked PCs, and training to help you get to grips with work and study.

Everyone is welcome - why not visit today?

Annual Evidence Update: Diabetic Retinopathy

September 2010: Diabetic Retinopathy (NHS Evidence - diabetes)

www.library.nhs.uk/diabetes

Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of blindness in working age people in the UK. The Annual Evidence Update on Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) provides an opportunity to present an up-to-date comprehensive collection of information that has been subject to rigorous selection criteria. The coverage of the Annual Evidence Update has been developed on the basis of topics suggested by UK diabetic retinopathy experts.

Information is organised by topic areas and links are provided within each topic to the relevant systematic reviews, primary research, guidelines and patient information. Topics include:

• incidence and prevalence of DR
• epidemiology and progression of DR
• factors influencing development of DR
• screening for DR
• treatment
• surgery
• modern therapies
• blindness and visual impairment
• assessment of retinopathy by automated computer algorithm.

BMJ Case Reports Trial- Why not submit a Case Report?

The Library Service's free trial to BMJ Case Reports finishes on 20th September, so why not take advantage of this final week and submit a case report?

The case reports do not need to be very long (about 500-1000 words) and it is a good forum for junior doctors to share their discoveries and experiences. For example, there is a short piece on how a junior doctor used coca-cola to dissolve an internal food blockage. It also looks good on your CV to be a published author!

Visit http://casereports.bmj.com , log in with your Athens account and click on submit a paper. You will need the Library institute number to submit so please ask a member of library staff for this.

If you don't have time to do this, please still have a look at the case reports and let us know what you think about the website.

Thank you

NHS Evidence Update: Epilepsy

Epilepsy (NHS Evidence - neurological conditions)
www.library.nhs.uk/neurological

The Neurological Conditions Specialist Collection Project Team has carried out a systematic literature search on Epilepsy to identify all high level evidence published since the date of the last Epilepsy Annual Evidence Update in 2009, including guidelines, systematic reviews, health technology assessments and economic evaluations.

Leading epilepsy experts from around the UK have read and appraised these for their validity and relevance to the busy clinician. A list of the papers deemed worthy of inclusion, along with expert commentaries by our reviewers, will be freely available on the site at from 6 September.

This year we have continued to identify uncertainties in research to contribute to the DUETs project (see www.library.nhs.uk/duets for more details).

BMJ Case reports

Trial to BMJ Case Reports NOW RUNNING!

BMJ Case Reports is an online community that enables junior doctors to take their first steps in having their case reports and research published. It also contains over 1,500 articles which have been peer reviewed.

Click here to view further information

Simply visit
http://casereports.bmj.com/
and log in with your NHS Athens account.

Please feedback to us on this resource or recommend any resources for the Trust Library Service to purchase.

Thank you!

Other junior doctors have enquired about this resource, why not give it a go and let the Library Service know what you think!