To review evidence-based recommendations for the management of dichorionic twin pregnancies. Pregnant women with a dichorionic twin pregnancy. Implementation of the recommendations in this guideline may improve the management of twin pregnancies and reduce neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality. P...
This guideline covers when to offer caesarean birth, discussion of caesarean birth, procedural aspects of the operation, and care after caesarean birth. It aims to improve the consistency and quality of care for women who are thinking about having a caesarean birth or have had a previous caesarean birth ...
Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of
the global burden of maternal death. Women who develop peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity, long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian tube
blockage and secondary infertility. M...
Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of
the global burden of maternal death. Women who develop peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity, long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian tube
blockage and secondary infertility. M...
Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of
the global burden of maternal death. Women who develop peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity, long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian tube
blockage and secondary infertility. M...
In 2013, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
Publications Committee adopted the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system for evaluating and rating scientific
evidence and practice recommendations for SMFM
Clinical Guidelines and Consults.1 This decision...
To summarize the current evidence and to make recommendations for diagnosis and classification of placenta previa and for managing the care of women with this diagnosis. To manage in hospital or as an outpatient and to perform a cesarean delivery preterm or at term or to allow a trial of labour when a di...
This new guideline on non-clinical interventions to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections incorporates the views, fears and beliefs of both women and health professionals about caesarean sections. It also considers the complex dynamics and limitations of health systems and organizations and relationships...
The guideline has not sought to define acceptable CS rates. Rather the purpose of this guideline is
to enable healthcare professionals to give appropriate research-based advice to women and their
families. This will enable women to make properly informed decisions. Caesarean section (CG132). The guidelin...
