Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Pregnancy

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

 

Autoimmune diseases in pregnancy

• Europe
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
    • Extended report: EULAR recommendations for women's health and the management of family planning, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and menopause in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or antiphospholipid syndrome [2017]
• Mexico
  • Reumatología Clínica
    • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pregnancy in women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases of the Mexican College of Rheumatology. Part II [2015]
    • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pregnancy in women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases of the Mexican College of Rheumatology. Part I [2015]
• Articles in journals
  • Clinical and Molecular Allergy : CMA
    • How pregnancy can affect autoimmune diseases progression? [2016]
  • Journal of Ophthalmology
    • Uveitis and Gender: The Course of Uveitis in Pregnancy [2014]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Miscarriage

Bleeding in pregnancy, placenta diseases

• Australia
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • A consensus statement on the management of pregnancy and delivery in women who are carriers of or have bleeding disorders [2009]
  • National Blood Authority
    • Patient Blood Management Guidelines: Module 5 Obstetrics and Maternity [2015]
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Indications for Placental Histological Examination [2014]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Maternal and foetal outcomes following natural vaginal versus caesarean section (c-section) delivery in women with bleeding disorders and carriers
    • Interventions for treating placental abruption
    • Interventions for suspected placenta praevia
    • Desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) for preventing and treating acute bleeds during pregnancy in women with congenital bleeding disorders
• India
  • International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science
    • Contemporary issues in the management of abnormal placentation during pregnancy in developing nations: An Indian perspective [2013]
• Norway, Sweden
  • European Journal of Epidemiology
    • Placental abruption and long-term maternal cardiovascular disease mortality: a population-based registry study in Norway and Sweden [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Blood Transfusions in Obstetrics [2015]
    • Placenta Praevia, Placenta Praevia Accreta and Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management [2011]
    • Antepartum Haemorrhage [2011]
  • Royal College of Pathologists
    • Tissue pathway for histopathological examination of the placenta [2017]
  • UK National Screening Committee
    • Vasa praevia screening in pregnancy
    • Placenta praevia screening in pregnancy
• United States of America
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Placenta Accreta [2012]
  • American College of Radiology
    • Second and Third Trimester Bleeding
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Postpartum hemorrhage
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy

• Brazil
  • PLoS ONE
    • The Impact of Cardiac Diseases during Pregnancy on Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Brazil [2015]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Treatment of valvular heart disease during pregnancy for improving maternal and neonatal outcome
    • Interventions for varicose veins and leg oedema in pregnancy
    • Interventions for treating peripartum cardiomyopathy to improve outcomes for women and babies
• Europe
  • European Society of Cardiology
    • Pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease [2015]
    • ESC Guidelines on the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy [2011]
    • Genetic counselling and testing in cardiomyopathies: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases [2010]
• Germany, Hungary, Japan
  • Circulation Journal
    • Frequency of Miscarriage/Stillbirth and Terminations of Pregnancy Among Women With Congenital Heart Disease in Germany, Hungary and Japan [2016]
• International
  • European Heart Journal
    • Management of valvular disease in pregnancy: a global perspective [2015]
• Japan
  • Circulation Journal
    • Pregnancy-Related Acute Myocardial Infarction in Japan [2013]
    • Guidelines for Indication and Management of Pregnancy and Delivery in Women with Heart Disease (JCS 2010): digest version [2012]
• South Africa
  • BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
    • The burden of antenatal heart disease in South Africa: a systematic review [2012]
  • Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
    • The importance of cardiovascular pathology contributing to maternal death: Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in South Africa, 2011–2013 [2016]
• Sweden
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
    • Heart Failure in Late Pregnancy and Postpartum: Incidence and Long-Term Mortality in Sweden From 1997 to 2010 [2017]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Maternal Collapse in Pregnancy and the Puerperium [2011]
    • Cardiac Disease and Pregnancy [2011]
• United States of America
  • American Heart Association
    • Management of Pregnancy in Patients With Complex Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association [2017]
    • Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association [2015]
  • Circulation
    • Cardiovascular Management in Pregnancy: Antithrombotic Agents and Antiplatelet Agents [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Embolism and thrombosis in pregnancy

Digestive system diseases in pregnancy

• Canada
  • Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
    • The Toronto Consensus Statements for the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnancy [2016]
  • Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
    • Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnancy: A Practical Approach to New Guidelines [2016]
    • Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Varies Widely: A Need for Further Education [2016]
    • Management of the pregnant inflammatory bowel disease patient on antitumour necrosis factor therapy: State of the art and future directions [2014]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for treating constipation in pregnancy
    • Interventions for treating cholestasis in pregnancy
    • Interventions for heartburn in pregnancy
    • Conservative management of symptomatic and/or complicated haemorrhoids in pregnancy and the puerperium
• Italy
  • Digestive and Liver Disease
    • AISF position paper on liver transplantation and pregnancy [2016]
    • AISF position paper on liver disease and pregnancy [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • British Journal of General Practice
    • Inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy: management strategy based on best evidence and European guidelines [2014]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Obstetric Cholestasis [2011]
• United States of America
  • American College of Gastroenterology
    • Liver Disease and Pregnancy [2016]
  • American Gastroenterological Association
    • American Gastroenterological Association Institute - Technical Review on the Use of Gastrointestinal Medications in Pregnancy [2006]
    • American Gastroenterological Association Institute - Medical Position Statement on the Use of Gastrointestinal Medications in Pregnancy [2006]
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
    • Guidelines for the Use of Laparoscopy during Pregnancy [2017]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, hyperemesis gravidarum

Disorders of environmental origin in pregnancy

• Europe
  • Environmental Health Perspectives
    • European Birth Cohorts for Environmental Health Research [2012]
• International
  • Epidemiologia e Prevenzione
    • Environmental and individual exposure and the risk of congenital anomalies: a review of recent epidemiological evidence [2018]
  • Intergrowth-21st
    • A rapid questionnaire assessment of environmental exposures to pregnant women in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project [2013]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics opinion on reproductive health impacts of exposure to toxic environmental chemicals [2015]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Adverse Birth Outcomes [2017]
• Malawi
  • Malawi Medical Journal
    • Maternal biomass smoke exposure and birth weight in Malawi: Analysis of data from the 2010 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey [2017]
• Netherlands
  • Health Council of the Netherlands
    • Risks of prenatal exposure to substances [2014]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Air Travel and Pregnancy [2013]
• United States of America
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Air Travel During Pregnancy [2018]
    • Exposure to Toxic Environmental Agents [2013]
    • Lead Screening During Pregnancy and Lactation [2012]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Lead Levels in Childhood and Pregnancy: Screening [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Drugs in pregnancy

• Canada
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Safety of tacrolimus in pregnancy [2014]
    • FDA pregnancy risk categories and the CPS: Do they help or are they a hindrance? [2010]
• Developed countries
  • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
    • Prescription drug use during pregnancy in developed countries: a systematic review [2011]
• International
  • Seminars in Perinatology
    • Epidemiology of Medications Use in Pregnancy [2015]
• Middle East
  • Oman Medical Journal
    • Herbal Medicines Use During Pregnancy: A Review from the Middle East [2015]
• Norway
  • BMJ Open
    • Longitudinal changes in neurodevelopmental outcomes between 18 and 36 months in children with prenatal triptan exposure: findings from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Developing New Pharmaceutical Treatments for Obstetric Conditions [2015]
    • Chemical Exposures During Pregnancy [2013]
• United States of America
  • American Journal of Transplantation
    • Mycophenolate Fetal Toxicity and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies [2013]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Developing a systematic approach to safer medication use during pregnancy: summary of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—convened meeting [2014]
    • Medicine and Pregnancy
  • Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology
    • The Need for Safer Medication Use in Pregnancy [2013]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Drugs and breastfeeding

Embolism and thrombosis in pregnancy

• Australia
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis
• Australia, New Zealand
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Amniotic fluid embolism: an Australian-New Zealand population-based study [2015]
• China
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Amniotic fluid embolism as a cause of maternal mortality in China between 1996 and 2013: a population-based retrospective study [2016]
  • Intractable & Rare Diseases Research
    • Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) in China: Are maternal mortality and morbidity preventable? [2014]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolic disease in pregnancy and the early postnatal period
    • Methods for administering subcutaneous heparin during pregnancy
    • Antithrombotic therapy for improving maternal or infant health outcomes in women considered at risk of placental dysfunction
    • Anticoagulant therapy for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in pregnancy
• Europe
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • Venous thromboembolism in women: a specific reproductive health risk [2013]
• International
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
    • Guidance for the treatment and prevention of obstetric-associated venous thromboembolism [2016]
• Japan
  • Circulation Journal
    • Increase in Maternal Death-Related Venous Thromboembolism During Pregnancy in Japan (2010–2013) [2015]
  • Neurologia medico-chirurgica
    • Antithrombotic Therapy for Pregnant Women [2013]
• Sweden
  • BMJ Open
    • Defining venous thromboembolism and measuring its incidence using Swedish health registries: a nationwide pregnancy cohort study [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • PLoS ONE
    • The Incidence of First Venous Thromboembolism in and around Pregnancy Using Linked Primary and Secondary Care Data: A Population Based Cohort Study from England and Comparative Meta-Analysis [2013]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium, the Acute Management of [2015]
    • Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium, Reducing the Risk [2015]
• United States of America
  • American College of Chest Physicians
    • VTE, thrombophilia, antithrombotic therapy, and pregnancy: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines [2012]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy

Exercise and pregnancy

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Exercise in pregnancy [2014]
• Canada
  • Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
    • Evidence-based risk assessment and recommendations for physical activity clearance: pregnancy [2011]
  • Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine
    • Exercise and Pregnancy [2008]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Hot yoga and pregnancy: Fitness and hyperthermia [2014]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Aerobic exercise for women during pregnancy
• Denmark
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Compliance with national recommendations for exercise during early pregnancy in a Danish cohort [2015]
• International
  • American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
    • Guidelines for Physical Activity During Pregnancy: Comparisons From Around the World [2014]
• Iran
  • Acta Medica Iranica
    • Is ACOG guideline helpful for encouraging pregnant women to do exercise during pregnancy? [2014]
• Nigeria
  • ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Knowledge and Attitude of Nigerian Pregnant Women towards Antenatal Exercise: A Cross-Sectional Survey [2014]
• Norway
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Predicting who fails to meet the physical activity guideline in pregnancy: a prospective study of objectively recorded physical activity in a population-based multi-ethnic cohort [2016]
• Poland
  • Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
    • Influence of prenatal physical activity on the course of labour and delivery according to the new Polish standard for perinatal care [2013]
• South Africa
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Exercise during pregnancy: knowledge and beliefs of medical practitioners in South Africa: a survey study [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Exercise in Pregnancy [2015]
  • Royal College of Physicians
    • Pregnancy: occupational aspects of management [2013]
• United States of America
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Physical Activity and Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period [2015]
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
    • Prevalence of U.S. Pregnant Women Meeting 2015 ACOG Physical Activity Guidelines [2016]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Provisional Recommended Weight Limits for Manual Lifting During Pregnancy [2014]
    • Clinical guidelines for occupational lifting in pregnancy: evidence summary and provisional recommendations [2013]
  • Clinical Medicine Insights. Women's Health
    • Activity in Pregnancy for Patients with a History of Preterm Birth [2016]
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Physical Activity in Pregnancy and Neonatal Body Composition: The Healthy Start Study [2014]
  • Women's Health Issues
    • Exercise during pregnancy and risk of late preterm birth, cesarean delivery, and hospitalizations [2014]
• Articles in journals
  • Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
    • Impact of Maternal Exercise during Pregnancy on Offspring Chronic Disease Susceptibility [2015]
  • Sports Health
    • Exercise in Pregnancy [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Fetal alcohol syndrome, alcohol in pregnancy

• Africa
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Actual and predicted prevalence of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in the WHO African Region [2016]
• Australia
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a review of interventions for prevention and management in Indigenous communities [2015]
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Predictors of antenatal alcohol use among Australian women: a prospective cohort study [2013]
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • Invited commentary on Australian fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic guidelines [2014]
    • Recommendations from a consensus development workshop on the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia [2013]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • National guidelines on alcohol use during pregnancy: a dissenting opinion [2007]
    • A review of policies on alcohol use during pregnancy in Australia and other English-speaking countries, 2006 [2007]
  • Public Health Research and Practice
    • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia – the future is prevention [2015]
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Review of Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines [2017]
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Management of Infants born to Mothers who have used Opioids during Pregnancy [2018]
    • Fetal alcohol syndrome [2016]
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a guideline for diagnosis across the lifespan [2016]
  • Institute of Health Economics
    • Life Expectancy of People with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome [2016]
    • Costs of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the Canadian Criminal Justice System [2015]
  • Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    • Persisting Concerns Regarding the New Canadian FASD Guidelines [2018]
    • A Critique of the New Canadian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Guideline [2017]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Cost of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis in Canada [2013]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
• Canada, United States of America
  • European Journal of Medical Genetics
    • Prevalence of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders among the general and Aboriginal populations in Canada and the United States [2016]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Psychosocial interventions for women enrolled in alcohol treatment during pregnancy
    • Psychological and/or educational interventions for reducing alcohol consumption in pregnant women and women planning pregnancy
    • Pharmacologic Interventions for Pregnant Women Enrolled in Alcohol Treatment
    • Home visits during pregnancy and after birth for women with an alcohol or drug problem
• Europe
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Prevention of harm caused by alcohol exposure in pregnancy. Rapid review and case studies from Member States (2016) [2016]
• France
  • Reproductive Health
    • Warning about drinking during pregnancy: lessons from the French experience [2018]
• Germany
  • European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
    • Diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS): German guideline version 2013 [2013]
• International
  • International Alliance for Responsible Drinking
    • Drinking Guidelines for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
  • Lancet Global Health
    • The international charter on prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder [2014]
• Netherlands
  • BMC Public Health
    • Prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in the Netherlands [2015]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Taking Action on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: 2016–2019: An action plan [2016]
    • Taking Action on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): A discussion document [2015]
    • Alcohol and Pregnancy: A practical guide for health professionals [2010]
• Norway
  • Scientific Reports
    • Pre-conception and prenatal alcohol exposure from mothers and fathers drinking and head circumference: results from the Norwegian Mother-Child Study (MoBa) [2016]
• Russia
  • Alcohol and Alcoholism
    • What Research Is Being Done on Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the Russian Research Community? [2014]
• South Africa
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention in South Africa and Other Low-Resource Countries [2005]
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) – conditions and interventions [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • BMJ Open
    • Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: time to change guidelines indicating apparently ‘safe’ levels of alcohol during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analyses [2017]
  • Department of Health and Social Care
    • Alcohol Guidelines Review – Report from the Guidelines Development Group to the UK Chief Medical Officers [2016]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • The Role of Integrated Care in a Medical Home for Patients With a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder [2018]
    • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders [2015]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Vital Signs: Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies — United States, 2011–2013 [2016]
    • Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking Among Women of Childbearing Age — United States, 2011–2013 [2015]
    • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  • Current Developmental Disorders Reports
    • Neurobehavioral Disorder Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (ND-PAE): Review of Evidence and Guidelines for Assessment [2015]
  • Maternal and Child Health Journal
    • Performance Measurement: A Proposal to Increase Use of SBIRT and Decrease Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy [2014]
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    • Fetal Alcohol Exposure
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    • Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) [2014]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Fetal growth retardation

• China
  • International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
    • Inadequate gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes among normal weight women in China [2015]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Transcutaneous electrostimulation for suspected placental insufficiency (diagnosed by Doppler studies)
    • Symphysial fundal height (SFH) measurement in pregnancy for detecting abnormal fetal growth
    • Support during pregnancy for women at increased risk of low birthweight babies
    • Regimens of fetal surveillance for impaired fetal growth
    • Plasma volume expansion for suspected impaired fetal growth
    • Planned early delivery versus expectant management of the term suspected compromised baby for improving outcomes
    • Maternal oxygen administration for suspected impaired fetal growth
    • Maternal nutrient supplementation for suspected impaired fetal growth
    • Hormones for suspected impaired fetal growth
    • Customised versus population-based growth charts as a screening tool for detecting small for gestational age infants in low-risk pregnant women
    • Calcium channel blockers for potential impaired fetal growth
    • Betamimetics for suspected impaired fetal growth
    • Bed rest in hospital for suspected impaired fetal growth
• Nepal
  • Archives of Public Health
    • Role of antenatal care and iron supplementation during pregnancy in preventing low birth weight in Nepal: comparison of national surveys 2006 and 2011 [2014]
• Netherlands
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Multidisciplinary consensus on screening for, diagnosis and management of fetal growth restriction in the Netherlands [2017]
• Nigeria
  • Global Health Action
    • Risk factors for low birth weight in Nigeria: evidence from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • BMJ Open
    • Small-for-gestational age and large-for-gestational age thresholds to predict infants at risk of adverse delivery and neonatal outcomes: are current charts adequate? An observational study from the Born in Bradford cohort [2015]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • The Investigation and Management of the Small-for-Gestational-Age Fetus [2013]
• United States of America
  • American College of Radiology
    • Growth Disturbances-Risk of Intrauterine Growth Restriction
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Birthweight
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Low birthweighth - Country, regional and global estimates [2004]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Symphysis-fundus height measurement to predict small-for-gestational-age status at birth: a systematic review [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Premature infants, low birth weight
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Fetal maturation

• Australia, New Zealand
  • Liggins Institute - The University of Auckland
    • Antenatal corticosteroids given to women prior to birth to improve fetal, infant, child and adult health: Clinical Practice Guidelines [2015]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Transplacental versus direct fetal corticosteroid treatment for accelerating fetal lung maturation where there is a risk of preterm birth
    • Thyrotropin-releasing hormone added to corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm birth for preventing neonatal respiratory disease
    • Repeat doses of prenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm birth for improving neonatal health outcomes
    • Intra-amniotic surfactant for women at risk of preterm birth for preventing respiratory distress in newborns
    • Different corticosteroids and regimens for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth
    • Corticosteroids for preterm deliveries: missing evidence
    • Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth
    • Ambroxol for women at risk of preterm birth for preventing neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
• International
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Antenatal corticosteroids for management of preterm birth: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions [2015]
  • Reproductive Health
    • The global network antenatal corticosteroids trial: impact on stillbirth [2016]
    • The Antenatal Corticosteroids Trial (ACT)’s explanations for neonatal mortality - a secondary analysis [2016]
    • The Antenatal Corticosteroids Trial (ACT): a secondary analysis to explore site differences in a multi-country trial [2016]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • Reproductive Health
    • Use of antenatal corticosteroids at health facilities and communities in low-and-middle income countries [2016]
    • Reducing neonatal mortality associated with preterm birth: gaps in knowledge of the impact of antenatal corticosteroids on preterm birth outcomes in low-middle income countries [2016]
• United States of America
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy for Fetal Maturation [2017]
  • JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association
    • Association of antenatal corticosteroids with mortality and neurodevelopmental outcomes among infants born at 22–25 weeks gestation [2011]
• Articles in journals
  • PLoS ONE
    • Antenatal Corticosteroids for Reducing Adverse Maternal and Child Outcomes in Special Populations of Women at Risk of Imminent Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2016]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Premature labor, preterm delivery
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases

Gestational diabetes

• Africa
  • PLoS ONE
    • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Africa: A Systematic Review [2014]
• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Gestational diabetes mellitus – negotiating the confusion [2013]
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Gestational diabetes mellitus: A pragmatic approach to diagnosis and management [2018]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Diabetes in pregnancy among indigenous women in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: a method for systematic review of studies with different designs [2011]
  • Current Diabetes Reports
    • Counterpoint: Establishing Consensus in the Diagnosis of GDM Following the HAPO Study [2014]
  • Journal of Pregnancy
    • Implementation of the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups Criteria: Not Always a Cause for Concern [2015]
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Gestational diabetes mellitus
  • Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
    • Guidelines for the Testing and Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Australia [2015]
• Belgium
  • PLoS ONE
    • Glucose Intolerance after a Recent History of Gestational Diabetes Based on the 2013 WHO Criteria [2016]
• Canada
  • Canadian Diabetes Association
    • Diabetes and Pregnancy [2018]
  • Environmental Research
    • Exposure to organophosphorus and organochlorine pesticides, perfluoroalkyl substances, and polychlorinated biphenyls in pregnancy and the association with impaired glucose tolerance and gestational diabetes mellitus: The MIREC Study [2016]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Maternal Diabetes in Canada
• China
  • BMJ Open
    • The short-term health and economic burden of gestational diabetes mellitus in China: a modelling study [2017]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Treatments for women with gestational diabetes mellitus: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews
    • Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus based on different risk profiles and settings for improving maternal and infant health
    • Planned birth at or near term for improving health outcomes for pregnant women with gestational diabetes and their infants
    • Oral anti-diabetic pharmacological therapies for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes
    • Lifestyle interventions for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes
    • Interventions for pregnant women with hyperglycaemia not meeting gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes diagnostic criteria
    • Interconception care for women with a history of gestational diabetes for improving maternal and infant outcomes
    • Insulin for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes
    • Exercise for pregnant women with gestational diabetes for improving maternal and fetal outcomes
    • Exercise for pregnant women for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus
    • Different types of dietary advice for women with gestational diabetes mellitus
    • Different strategies for diagnosing gestational diabetes to improve maternal and infant health
    • Different methods and settings for glucose monitoring for gestational diabetes during pregnancy
    • Different intensities of glycaemic control for women with gestational diabetes mellitus
    • Dietary supplementation with myo-inositol in women during pregnancy for treating gestational diabetes
    • Dietary advice in pregnancy for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus
    • Combined diet and exercise interventions for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus
    • Antenatal dietary supplementation with myo-inositol in women during pregnancy for preventing gestational diabetes
• Croatia
  • Biochemia Medica
    • Redefinition of gestational diabetes mellitus: implications for laboratory practice in Croatia [2013]
  • Journal of Pregnancy
    • Impact of the Implementation of New WHO Diagnostic Criteria for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Prevalence and Perinatal Outcomes: A Population-Based Study [2016]
• Cuba
  • MEDICC Review
    • Controversies in Screening and Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes: Cuba's Position [2016]
• Denmark
  • BMC Public Health
    • Associations between follow-up screening after gestational diabetes and early detection of diabetes – a register based study [2014]
• Europe
  • Diabetes Care
    • Applying Current Screening Tools for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus to a European Population: Is It Time for Change? [2013]
• Finland
  • BMC Public Health
    • Healthy Food Intake Index (HFII) – Validity and reproducibility in a gestational-diabetes-risk population [2016]
  • Food & Nutrition Research
    • Nutrient intake of pregnant women at high risk of gestational diabetes [2015]
• Germany
  • Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association
    • German gynecologists’ experience with a universal screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in daily practice: A qualitative study [2016]
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Guidelines for the Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus [2016]
• India
  • Acta Diabetologica
    • Comparison of screening for gestational diabetes mellitus by oral glucose tolerance tests done in the non-fasting (random) and fasting states [2014]
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • The Challenges and Recommendations for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Care in India: A Review [2017]
  • Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Need for testing glucose tolerance in the early weeks of pregnancy [2016]
    • Current practices in the diagnosis and management of gestational diabetes mellitus in India (WINGS-5) [2016]
    • Psychosocial management of diabetes in pregnancy [2013]
    • Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus and its outcome in western Rajasthan [2013]
  • Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
    • Screening and Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Where Do We Stand [2016]
  • Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
    • Evaluation of the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in North Indians using the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study groups (IADPSG) criteria [2015]
• International
  • Diabetes Care
    • Summary and Recommendations of the Fifth International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus [2007]
  • Drugs in Context
    • A review of current treatment strategies for gestational diabetes mellitus [2015]
  • International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups
    • International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups Recommendations on the Diagnosis and Classification of Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy [2010]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Initiative on gestational diabetes mellitus: A pragmatic guide for diagnosis, management, and care [2015]
  • International Journal of Women's Health
    • Updated guidelines on screening for gestational diabetes [2015]
  • World Diabetes Foundation
    • The urgent need for universally applicable simple screening procedures and diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus – lessons from projects funded by the World Diabetes Foundation [2012]
    • Health system and societal barriers for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) services - lessons from World Diabetes Foundation supported GDM projects [2012]
  • World Journal of Diabetes
    • Exercise guidelines for gestational diabetes mellitus [2015]
• Iran
  • Iranian Journal of Public Health
    • Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gestational Diabetes in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2015]
• Italy
  • ISRN Endocrinology
    • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Screening and Outcomes in Southern Italian Pregnant Women [2013]
• Japan
  • Endocrine Journal
    • Clinical impact of women with gestational diabetes mellitus by the new consensus criteria: two year experience in a single institution in Japan [2014]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • Global Health Action
    • The burden of diabetes mellitus during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review [2014]
  • Journal of Diabetes Research
    • Detection and Management of Diabetes during Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings: Insights into Past and Present Clinical Practices [2016]
• Mexico
  • Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy
    • Screening and management of gestational diabetes in Mexico: results from a survey of multilocation, multi-health care institution practitioners [2018]
• Morocco
  • Global Health Action
    • Diagnosis a posteriori? Assessing gestational diabetes screening and management in Morocco [2016]
• New Zealand
  • BMJ Open
    • Cost-effectiveness of the New Zealand diabetes in pregnancy guideline screening recommendations [2015]
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Gestational Diabetes in New Zealand: A clinical practice guideline [2014]
• Palau
  • Maternal and Child Health Journal
    • Assessment of Gestational Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors and Outcomes in the Pacific Island Nation of Palau [2017]
• Republic of Korea
  • Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
    • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Korean Women: Similarities and Differences from Other Racial/Ethnic Groups [2014]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Korea: A National Health Insurance Database Study [2016]
• Singapore
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Impact of adopting the 2013 World Health Organization criteria for diagnosis of gestational diabetes in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort: a prospective study [2018]
    • Ethnic differences translate to inadequacy of high-risk screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in an Asian population: a cohort study [2014]
• South Africa
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Policies and clinical practices relating to the management of gestational diabetes mellitus in the public health sector, South Africa – a qualitative study [2018]
• Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
    • Management of Diabetes during Pregnancy [2014]
• Sweden
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • No consensus on gestational diabetes mellitus screening regimes in Sweden: pregnancy outcomes in relation to different screening regimes 2011 to 2012, a cross-sectional study [2014]
• Taiwan
  • PLoS ONE
    • The Effects of Implementing the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups Criteria for Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes [2015]
• Thai-Myanmar border
  • Global Health Action
    • Gestational diabetes mellitus prevalence in Maela refugee camp on the Thai–Myanmar Border: a clinical report [2014]
• United Kingdom
  • British Journal of General Practice
    • Diabetes screening after gestational diabetes in England: a quantitative retrospective cohort study [2013]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • The identification and treatment of women with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: an analysis of individual participant data, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and an economic evaluation [2016]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • GDm-Health for people with gestational diabetes [2017]
• United States of America
  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
    • Gestational Diabetes
  • Advances in Nutrition
    • Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors Associated With Weight Gain and Impaired Glucose Tolerance Among Pregnant Latinas [2012]
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Therapeutic Management, Delivery, and Postpartum Risk Assessment and Screening in Gestational Diabetes [2008]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Patterns of gestational diabetes diagnosis inside and outside of clinical guidelines [2017]
  • Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
    • The effect of adopting the IADPSG screening guidelines on the risk profile and outcomes of the gestational diabetes population [2015]
  • National Diabetes Education Program
    • Promoting Health After Gestational Diabetes: A National Diabetes Education Program Call to Action [2012]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening [2014]
• Vietnam
  • Diabetes Care
    • Early Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Vietnam [2013]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Diagnostic criteria and classification of hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy [2013]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Pregnancy in diabetics
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Hematologic diseases in pregnancy

• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Prophylactic versus selective blood transfusion for sickle cell disease in pregnancy
    • Medical treatments for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura during pregnancy
    • Interventions for treating painful sickle cell crisis during pregnancy
    • Heparin for pregnant women with acquired or inherited thrombophilias
    • Haematological interventions for treating disseminated intravascular coagulation during pregnancy and postpartum
    • Antenatal interventions for fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
• Denmark
  • Danish Health Authority
    • Screening for haemoglobin disorders among pregnant immigrants [2009]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Hematology
    • Prevalence and determinants of anemia among pregnant women in Ethiopia; a systematic review and meta-analysis [2017]
• Europe
  • European Molecular Genetics Quality Network
    • EMQN Best Practice Guidelines for molecular and haematology methods for carrier identification and prenatal diagnosis of the haemoglobinopathies [2014]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research
    • Ethical issues in genetic counselling with special reference to haemoglobinopathies [2011]
• International
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Risk of maternal mortality in women with severe anaemia during pregnancy and post partum: a multilevel analysis [2018]
• Jamaica
  • PLoS ONE
    • Excess Risk of Maternal Death from Sickle Cell Disease in Jamaica: 1998–2007 [2011]
• United Kingdom
  • British Society for Haematology
    • Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute myeloid leukaemia in pregnancy [2015]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Management of Inherited Bleeding Disorders in Pregnancy [2017]
    • The Management of Women with Red Cell Antibodies during Pregnancy [2014]
    • Management of Beta Thalassaemia in Pregnancy [2014]
    • Sickle Cell Disease in Pregnancy, Management of [2011]
  • UK National Screening Committee
    • Sickle cell and Thalassaemia screening in pregnancy
• United States of America
  • American Society of Hematology
    • 2013 Clinical practice guide on thrombocytopenia in pregnancy [2013]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Obstetrician-Gynecologists’ knowledge of sickle cell disease screening and management [2014]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Neonatal hematologic disorders
    • Iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy
    • Anemia and hemoglobinopathies

Iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy

• Australia
  • BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
    • Improving patient blood management in obstetrics: snapshots of a practice improvement partnership [2017]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Treatments for iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy
    • Treatment for women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia
    • Intermittent oral iron supplementation during pregnancy
    • Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Differences in spatial distributions of iron supplementation use among pregnant women and associated factors in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2011 national population based survey [2017]
• International
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • The lack of progress in reducing anaemia among women: the inconvenient truth [2014]
• Nepal
  • Journal of Nutrition
    • Antenatal Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation Reduces Neonatal and Under-5 Mortality in Nepal [2015]
• Nigeria
  • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
    • Factors associated with compliance to recommended micronutrients uptake for prevention of anemia during pregnancy in urban, peri-urban, and rural communities in Southeast Nigeria [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Screening for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: a structured review and gap analysis against UK national screening criteria [2015]
  • British Society for Haematology
    • UK Guidelines on the management of iron deficiency in pregnancy [2012]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Routine Iron Supplementation and Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women [2015]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women: Screening and Supplementation [2015]
• Western Pacific
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Weekly iron and folic acid supplementation programmes for women of reproductive age: An analysis of best programme practices [2011]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Daily iron supplementation in postpartum women [2016]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Hematologic diseases in pregnancy

Kidney diseases in pregnancy

• China
  • Internal Medicine
    • Pregnancy-related Acute Kidney Injury and a Review of the Literature in China [2015]
• Italy
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN
    • Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with CKD [2015]
• Articles in journals
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
    • A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes of Pregnancy in CKD and CKD Outcomes in Pregnancy [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Maternal mortality and morbidity

• Afghanistan
  • Health Policy and Planning
    • National and sub-national analysis of the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of strategies to reduce maternal mortality in Afghanistan [2013]
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Achieving maternal and child health gains in Afghanistan: a Countdown to 2015 country case study - The Lancet Global Health [2016]
• Africa
  • Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
    • Skilled Health Personnel Attended Delivery as a Proxy Indicator for Maternal and Perinatal Mortality: A Systematic Review [2014]
  • WHO Regional Office for Africa
    • Maternal mortality ratio
• America
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Plan of action to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity: monitoring and evaluation strategy [2012]
• Australia
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    • Maternal deaths in Australia 2012–2014 [2017]
• Bangladesh
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Maternal mortality estimation at the subnational level: a model-based method with an application to Bangladesh [2011]
  • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
    • Reducing Maternal Mortality and Improving Maternal Health: Bangladesh and MDG 5 [2008]
• Botswana
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • A root-cause analysis of maternal deaths in Botswana: towards developing a culture of patient safety and quality improvement [2014]
• Brazil
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Estimation of maternal mortality rates in Brazil, 2008-2011 [2014]
  • Jornal de Pediatria
    • Temporal and spatial evolution of maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Brazil, 1997–2012 [2016]
• Burkina Faso
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Estimation of maternal and child mortality one year after user-fee elimination: an impact evaluation and modelling study in Burkina Faso [2014]
• Burundi
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: an experience from Burundi [2013]
• Canada
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Maternal Mortality Review [2007]
• China
  • BioMed Research International
    • Provincial Maternal Mortality Surveillance Systems in China [2014]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Time trends and regional differences in maternal mortality in China from 2000 to 2005 [2009]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Critical incident audit and feedback to improve perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity
• Developing countries
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BPCR) interventions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis [2014]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • What you count is what you target: the implications of maternal death classification for tracking progress towards reducing maternal mortality in developing countries [2010]
  • Family Medicine
    • Direct patient interventions that can reduce maternal mortality in developing countries: a systematic review [2013]
  • World Health Organization
    • Education and severe maternal outcomes in developing countries: a multicountry cross-sectional survey [2014]
• Eastern Mediterranean
  • WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
    • Improving maternal health to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a youth lens [2008]
• Ecuador
  • Journal of Public Health Research
    • Maternal Deaths Databases Analysis: Ecuador 2003-2013 [2016]
• Eritrea
  • Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
    • Evaluation of a community intervention for promotion of safe motherhood in Eritrea [2011]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Public Health
    • Trends and causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia during 1990–2013: findings from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2013 [2017]
  • Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
    • Review of Maternal Mortality in Ethiopia: A Story of the Past 30 Years [2014]
    • Reasons for Persistently High Maternal and Perinatal Mortalities in Ethiopia: Part II-So-Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors [2014]
    • Commentary: Reasons for Persistently High Maternal and Perinatal Mortalities in Ethiopia: Part III-Perspective of the “Three Delays” Model [2014]
    • Commentary: Actions in the Pipeline and the Way Forward to Reduce Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in Ethiopia [2014]
    • Causes of Maternal Mortality in Ethiopia: A Significant Decline in Abortion Related Death [2014]
• Europe
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Reduction of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in countries. Meeting report [2013]
    • Making pregnancy safer : multi-country review meeting on maternal mortality and morbidity audit "Beyond the Numbers" : report of a WHO meeting, Charvak, Uzbekistan 14-17 June 2010 [2010]
• Ghana
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Millennium development Goal 5: progress and challenges in reducing maternal deaths in Ghana [2016]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Community-based surveillance of maternal deaths in rural Ghana [2016]
• Indonesia
  • Global Health Action
    • Relating the construction and maintenance of maternal ill-health in rural Indonesia [2012]
• International
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Constructing maternal morbidity – towards a standard tool to measure and monitor maternal health beyond mortality [2016]
    • A common monitoring framework for ending preventable maternal mortality, 2015–2030: phase I of a multi-step process [2016]
    • Framing maternal morbidity: WHO scoping exercise [2013]
  • BMC Public Health
    • Advancing maternal survival in the global context: are our strategies working? [2013]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Acknowledging uncertainty about maternal mortality estimates [2016]
    • Applying the lessons of maternal mortality reduction to global emergency health [2015]
    • Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality [2014]
    • Measuring maternal health: focus on maternal morbidity [2013]
    • Maternal mortality and human rights: landmark decision by United Nations human rights body [2012]
    • Maternal death surveillance and response [2011]
    • Maternal near miss and maternal death in the World Health Organization’s 2005 global survey on maternal and perinatal health [2010]
    • Maternal deaths drop by one-third from 1990 to 2008: a United Nations analysis [2010]
    • The lifetime risk of maternal mortality: concept and measurement [2009]
    • Knowledge gaps in scientific literature on maternal mortality: a systematic review [2006]
  • Demographic and Health Surveys
    • Maternal Mortality
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Thinking beyond maternal mortality: Re-conceptualizing and measuring maternal morbidity [2018]
  • Lancet
    • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 [2016]
  • New England Journal of Medicine
    • Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health — So Near and Yet So Far [2013]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Towards elimination of maternal deaths: maternal deaths surveillance and response [2013]
  • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
    • Obstetric transition in the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health: exploring pathways for maternal mortality reduction [2015]
  • Statistics, Politics and Policy
    • A New Method for Deriving Global Estimates of Maternal Mortality [2012]
  • United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
    • Progress for Children: A Report Card on Maternal Mortality (No. 7) [2008]
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Medicines for Maternal Health [2012]
  • Vaccine
    • Maternal death: Case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data [2016]
• Iran
  • Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
    • Investigation of the causes of maternal mortality using root cause analysis in Isfahan, Iran in 2013-2014 [2015]
  • Journal of Family & Reproductive Health
    • In Depth Analysis of the Leading Causes of Maternal Mortality Due to Cesarean Section in Iran [2017]
• Japan
  • BMJ Open
    • Current status of pregnancy-related maternal mortality in Japan: a report from the Maternal Death Exploratory Committee in Japan [2016]
• Latin America
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Estimating pregnancy-related mortality from census data: experience in Latin America [2009]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Maternal near miss and predictive ability of potentially life-threatening conditions at selected maternity hospitals in Latin America [2016]
• Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Reproductive Health and Healthy Motherhood. Aligning National Legislation with International Human Rights Law [2014]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Audit-identified avoidable factors in maternal and perinatal deaths in low resource settings: a systematic review [2014]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • A prospective study of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries [2014]
  • Human Resources for Health
    • Systematic review on human resources for health interventions to improve maternal health outcomes: evidence from low- and middle-income countries [2016]
• Low-resource settings
  • Lancet
    • Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2013]
• Malawi
  • BMC Medical Research Methodology
    • Easier said than done!: methodological challenges with conducting maternal death review research in Malawi [2014]
• Mexico
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Reclassifying causes of obstetric death in Mexico: a repeated cross-sectional study [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Towards an Inclusive and Evidence-Based Definition of the Maternal Mortality Ratio: An Analysis of the Distribution of Time after Delivery of Maternal Deaths in Mexico, 2010-2013 [2016]
• Moldova
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • The Moldovan experience of maternal death reviews [2014]
• Mongolia
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Tracking maternal mortality declines in Mongolia between 1992 and 2007: the importance of collaboration [2010]
• Morocco
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • Actions on social determinants and interventions in primary health to improve mother and child health and health equity in Morocco [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Determinants of Maternal Near-Miss in Morocco: Too Late, Too Far, Too Sloppy? [2015]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Preventable maternal mortality in Morocco: the role of hospitals [2013]
    • Implementing a maternal mortality surveillance system in Morocco [2013]
• Myanmar
  • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
    • New Politics, an Opportunity for Maternal Health Advancement in Eastern Myanmar: An Integrative Review [2014]
• Nepal
  • PLoS ONE
    • An Analysis of Factors Linked to the Decline in Maternal Mortality in Nepal [2014]
• New Zealand
  • BMJ Open
    • Under-reporting of maternal and perinatal adverse events in New Zealand [2015]
• Nigeria
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • Poverty and maternal mortality in Nigeria: towards a more viable ethics of modern medical practice [2008]
  • Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
    • Reducing maternal deaths in a low resource setting in Nigeria [2014]
  • PLoS ONE
    • The influence of the social and cultural environment on maternal mortality in Nigeria: Evidence from the 2013 demographic and health survey [2017]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Maternal death and obstetric care audits in Nigeria: a systematic review of barriers and enabling factors in the provision of emergency care [2016]
• Pakistan
  • Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
    • Issues of maternal health in Pakistan: trends towards millennium development goal 5 [2014]
• Rwanda
  • BMJ Open
    • Maternal death audit in Rwanda 2009–2013: a nationwide facility-based retrospective cohort study [2016]
• Senegal
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Improving survey data on pregnancy-related deaths in low-and middle-income countries: a validation study in Senegal [2015]
• Senegal, Mali
  • PLoS ONE
    • Predicting In-Hospital Maternal Mortality in Senegal and Mali [2013]
• South Africa
  • BMC Public Health
    • A cross-sectional analysis of the geographic distribution and causes of maternal mortality in South Africa: 2002–2006 [2015]
  • Department of Health South Africa
    • Essential steps in the management of common conditions associated with maternal mortality [2007]
• South-East Asia
  • WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
    • Evaluation of WHO's contribution to maternal health in the South-East Asia Region [2016]
    • Ending preventable maternal, newborn and child mortality: regional technical advisory group meeting: Recommendations and Report, December 2015 [2016]
    • Study on the implementation of maternal death review in five countries in the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization [2014]
• Sri Lanka
  • Reproductive Health
    • Maternal mortality revisited: the application of the new ICD-MM classification system in reference to maternal deaths in Sri Lanka [2014]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Systematic review of the magnitude and case fatality ratio for severe maternal morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2010 [2011]
• Suriname
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Maternal mortality audit in Suriname between 2010 and 2014, a reproductive age mortality survey [2017]
• Sweden
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
    • Maternal mortality in Sweden 1988–2007: more deaths than officially reported [2013]
• Taiwan
  • PLoS ONE
    • Maternal Mortality in Taiwan: A Nationwide Data Linkage Study [2015]
  • Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Pregnancy-associated mortality in Taiwan, 2004–2011 [2016]
    • Underreporting of maternal mortality in Taiwan: A data linkage study [2015]
• Tanzania
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of maternal and perinatal death reviews in Tanzania: perceptions, processes and practice [2014]
• Thailand
  • Population Health Metrics
    • Improving the measurement of maternal mortality in Thailand using multiple data sources [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Examining the impact of introducing ICD-MM on observed trends in maternal mortality rates in the UK 2003–13 [2016]
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
    • Saving Mothers’ Lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer: 2006–8: a review [2011]
  • British Journal of General Practice
    • Maternal health in pregnancy: messages from the 2014 UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Death [2015]
  • Healthcare Improvement Scotland
    • Scottish Confidential Audit of Severe Maternal Morbidity - Maternity Unit-specific data from the 10th annual report [2015]
  • NIHR Journals Library
    • Beyond maternal death: improving the quality of maternal care through national studies of ‘near-miss’ maternal morbidity [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Establishing a National Maternal Morbidity Outcome Indicator in England: A Population-Based Study Using Routine Hospital Data [2016]
• United States of America
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Severe Maternal Morbidity: Screening and Review [2016]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States of America [2015]
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Standardized Severe Maternal Morbidity Review [2014]
• Uzbekistan
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Making Pregnancy Safer in Uzbekistan. Maternal mortality and morbidity audit. Activity report, 2002–2008 [2009]
• WHO
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • WHO maternal death and near-miss classifications [2009]
  • World Health Organization
    • Time to respond: a report on the global implementation of maternal death surveillance and response (MDSR) [2016]
    • Maternal mortality [2016]
    • Maternal morbidity measurement tool pilot: study protocol [2016]
    • Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2015: Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division [2015]
    • Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM) [2015]
    • Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2013: Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank and the United Nations Population Division [2014]
    • Obstetric transition: the pathway towards ending preventable maternal deaths [2014]
    • Maternal near-miss audits to improve quality of care [2014]
    • Indirect causes of severe adverse maternal outcomes: a secondary analysis of the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health [2014]
    • Advanced maternal age and pregnancy outcomes: a multicountry assessment [2014]
    • WHO guidance for measuring maternal mortality from a census [2013]
    • Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank estimates [2012]
    • Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications: the WHO near-miss approach for maternal health [2011]
    • Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008 [2010]
    • Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000-2010) with country profiles: taking stock of maternal, newborn and child survival [2010]
    • Clarifying WHO position on misoprostol use in the community to reduce maternal death: statement [2010]
    • Achieving millennium development goal 5: target 5A and 5B on reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health [2009]
    • Maternal mortality in 2005: Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank [2007]
    • Maternal mortality in 2000: Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA [2004]
    • Beyond the numbers - Reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer [2004]
    • Maternal mortality in 1995: Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA [2001]
• Zambia
  • PLoS ONE
    • Impact of Pregnancy-Related Deaths on Female Life Expectancy in Zambia: Application of Life Table Techniques to Census Data [2015]
  • Population Health Metrics
    • Rural-urban differentials in pregnancy-related mortality in Zambia: estimates using data collected in a census [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Maternity services

• Afghanistan
  • BMC Public Health
    • Coverage and inequalities in maternal and child health interventions in Afghanistan [2016]
  • Conflict and Health
    • Availability and distribution of human resources for provision of comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study [2015]
  • Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan
    • Antenatal Care Services [2003]
• Africa
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • Cost and impact of policies to remove and reduce fees for obstetric care in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Morocco [2016]
• Albania
  • PLoS ONE
    • Quality of Maternal and Neonatal Care in Albania, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan: A Systematic, Standard-Based, Participatory Assessment [2011]
• Australia
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    • National Core Maternity Indicators data visualisations [2016]
  • Department of Health Australia
    • Pregnancy Care Guidelines [2018]
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • National Guidance on Collaborative Maternity Care [2010]
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • NSW Maternity and Neonatal Service Capability Framework [2016]
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Maternity shared care
  • Rural and Remote Health
    • Closing the Gap: how maternity services can contribute to reducing poor maternal infant health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women [2010]
  • WA Health, Government of Western Australia
    • Review of Maternity Services in Metropolitan Non Tertiary Public Hospitals [2015]
• Azerbaijan
  • BioMed Research International
    • The Effect of Maternal Healthcare on the Probability of Child Survival in Azerbaijan [2014]
• Bangladesh
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Perceptions of health care providers and patients on quality of care in maternal and neonatal health in fourteen Bangladesh government healthcare facilities: a mixed-method study [2015]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Progress in the utilization of antenatal and delivery care services in Bangladesh: where does the equity gap lie? [2016]
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • Trends in equity in use of maternal health services in urban and rural Bangladesh [2016]
    • Social inequalities in the utilization of maternal care in Bangladesh: Have they widened or narrowed in recent years? [2014]
    • Equity in reproductive and maternal health services in Bangladesh [2013]
  • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
    • Public-sector Maternal Health Programmes and Services for Rural Bangladesh [2009]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Factors associated with the utilization of institutional delivery services in Bangladesh [2017]
• Brazil
  • Reproductive Health
    • Adequacy of public maternal care services in Brazil [2016]
• Burkina Faso
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Evaluating quality of obstetric care in low-resource settings: Building on the literature to design tailor-made evaluation instruments - an illustration in Burkina Faso [2010]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • The obstetric care subsidy policy in Burkina Faso: what are the effects after five years of implementation? Findings of a complex evaluation [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Reflections on the Unintended Consequences of the Promotion of Institutional Pregnancy and Birth Care in Burkina Faso [2016]
    • Reducing the Medical Cost of Deliveries in Burkina Faso Is Good for Everyone, Including the Poor [2012]
• Cambodia
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • A decade of improvements in equity of access to reproductive and maternal health services in Cambodia, 2000–2010 [2013]
• Canada
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • The safety of Canadian rural maternity services: a multi-jurisdictional cohort analysis [2015]
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Midwifery Services for Socially Disadvantaged Populations: Review of Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines [2016]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Sustaining rural maternity and surgical care [2016]
    • New approaches for rural maternity care [2012]
  • Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine
    • Closing rural maternity services: Is it worth the risk? [2016]
    • Joint position paper on rural maternity care [2012]
    • Delivering away from home: the perinatal experiences of First Nations women in northwestern Ontario [2011]
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Differences in obstetric care among nulliparous First Nations and non–First Nations women in British Columbia, Canada [2015]
  • Systematic Reviews
    • Immigrant women’s experiences of maternity-care services in Canada: a systematic review using a narrative synthesis [2015]
• China
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • China’s human resources for maternal and child health: a national sampling survey [2015]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Giving birth at a health-care facility in rural China: is it affordable for the poor? [2011]
  • Global Health Action
    • Disadvantaged populations in maternal health in China – Who and Why? [2013]
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • Analysis of inequality in maternal and child health outcomes and mortality from 2000 to 2013 in China [2017]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Traditional birth attendant training for improving health behaviours and pregnancy outcomes
    • Telephone support for women during pregnancy and the first six weeks postpartum
    • Midwife-led continuity models versus other models of care for childbearing women
    • Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes
    • Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis
• Cuba
  • MEDICC Review
    • Cuban maternity homes: a model to address at-risk pregnancy [2011]
• Developing countries
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context [2007]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • The Effectiveness of Emergency Obstetric Referral Interventions in Developing Country Settings: A Systematic Review [2012]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Measuring Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Developing Countries Using Demographic and Health Surveys [2016]
• Eastern Africa
  • PLoS ONE
    • Equality in Maternal and Newborn Health: Modelling Geographic Disparities in Utilisation of Care in Five East African Countries [2016]
• Egypt
  • PLoS ONE
    • Socio-Economic Gradients in Maternal and Child Health-Seeking Behaviours in Egypt: Systematic Literature Review and Evidence Synthesis [2014]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Barriers to providing quality emergency obstetric care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Healthcare providers’ perspectives on training, referrals and supervision, a mixed methods study [2015]
    • Disparities in the use of antenatal care service in Ethiopia over a period of fifteen years [2013]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Maternal and neonatal services in Ethiopia: measuring and improving quality [2017]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Birth in a Health Facility –Inequalities among the Ethiopian Women: Results from Repeated National Surveys [2014]
• Europe
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: a critical exploration of tools and indicators [2015]
  • European Commission - Public Health
    • Health and care of pregnant women and babies in Europe in 2010 [2013]
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • What is the evidence on the reduction of inequalities in accessibility and quality of maternal health care delivery for migrants? A review of the existing evidence in the WHO European Region (2016) [2016]
    • Improving quality of antenatal and postpartum care and referral system (2014) [2014]
    • Hospital care for mothers and newborn babies quality assessment and improvement tool [2014]
    • Assessment tool for the quality of outpatient antepartum and postpartum care for women and newborns [2013]
    • Making pregnancy safer : tool for assessing the performance of the health system in improving maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health [2009]
    • Making pregnancy safer : assessment tool for the quality of hospital care for mothers and newborn babies [2009]
• Ghana
  • BMJ Open
    • Health insurance determines antenatal, delivery and postnatal care utilisation: evidence from the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveillance data [2016]
• Haiti
  • World Health Organization
    • Free obstetric care in Haiti [2010]
• India
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Widespread non-adherence to evidence-based maternity care guidelines: a population-based cluster randomised household survey [2014]
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Inefficiency, heterogeneity and spillover effects in maternal care in India: a spatial stochastic frontier analysis [2015]
  • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
    • What does quality of care mean for maternal health providers from two vulnerable states of India? Case study of Bihar and Jharkhand [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Referrals between Public Sector Health Institutions for Women with Obstetric High Risk, Complications, or Emergencies in India – A Systematic Review [2016]
    • High Spending on Maternity Care in India: What Are the Factors Explaining It? [2016]
• International
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Geographic information system for improving maternal and newborn health: recommendations for policy and programs [2017]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Developing global indicators for quality of maternal and newborn care: a feasibility assessment [2017]
  • Implementation Science
    • Expanding the evidence base for global recommendations on health systems: strengths and challenges of the OptimizeMNH guidance process [2016]
  • International Confederation of Midwives
    • The involvement of midwives associations in policy and planning about the midwifery workforce: A global survey [2015]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: New Findings, New Strategies, and Recommendations for Action [2013]
• Ireland
  • Department of Health Ireland
    • The Irish Maternity Early Warning System (IMEWS): National Clinical Guideline No. 4 [2014]
    • Communication (Clinical Handover) in Maternity Services: National Clinical Guideline No. 5 [2014]
• Kazakhstan
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Support for maternal and child health in Kazakhstan [2011]
    • Improvement of maternal and child health in Kazakhstan [2011]
• Kenya
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Using health-facility data to assess subnational coverage of maternal and child health indicators, Kenya [2017]
  • Pan African Medical Journal
    • An assessment of priority setting process and its implication on availability of emergency obstetric care services in Malindi District, Kenya [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Quality of maternity care and its determinants along the continuum in Kenya: A structural equation modeling analysis [2017]
• Kyrgyzstan
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Approaches to an integrated supervisory system in Kyrgyzstan for better maternal and child health [2009]
• Lesotho
  • PLoS ONE
    • Comprehensive Approach to Improving Maternal Health and Achieving MDG 5: Report from the Mountains of Lesotho [2012]
• Liberia
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Implementation research on community health workers’ provision of maternal and child health services in rural Liberia [2017]
    • Training of midwives in advanced obstetrics in Liberia [2016]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Assessment of facility readiness for implementing the WHO/UNICEF standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities – experiences from UNICEF’s implementation in three countries of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa [2018]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Effects of demand-side financing on utilisation, experiences and outcomes of maternity care in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review [2014]
    • Cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve the utilization and provision of maternal and newborn health care in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review [2014]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Promoting safe motherhood through the private sector in low- and middle-income countries [2003]
  • Global Health Action
    • Strategies for improving health care seeking for maternal and newborn illnesses in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2016]
    • Assessing emergency obstetric care provision in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the application of global guidelines [2016]
    • The use of cell phones and radio communication systems to reduce delays in getting help for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review [2015]
  • Implementation Science
    • Barriers and enablers to guideline implementation strategies to improve obstetric care practice in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of qualitative evidence [2016]
  • International Journal for Quality in Health Care
    • Criterion-based clinical audit to assess quality of obstetrical care in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review [2011]
• Low-income countries
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Maternal health interventions in resource limited countries: a systematic review of packages, impacts and factors for change [2011]
  • Cochrane Library
    • Maternity waiting facilities for improving maternal and neonatal outcome in low-resource countries
• Malawi
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Implementation research to improve quality of maternal and newborn health care, Malawi [2017]
• Mali
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Emergency obstetric care in Mali: catastrophic spending and its impoverishing effects on households [2013]
• Mexico
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Measuring progress in maternal and newborn health care in Mexico: validating indicators of health system contact and quality of care [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • A Performance Analysis of Public Expenditure on Maternal Health in Mexico [2016]
• Moldova
  • International Journal for Quality in Health Care
    • Putting theory into practice: the introduction of obstetric near-miss case reviews in the Republic of Moldova [2012]
• Myanmar
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Maternal and child health voucher scheme in Myanmar: a review of early stage implementation [2016]
• Nepal
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Provider perspectives on the enabling environment required for skilled birth attendance: a qualitative study in western Nepal [2014]
• Netherlands
  • PLoS ONE
    • Geographical, Ethnic and Socio-Economic Differences in Utilization of Obstetric Care in the Netherlands [2016]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • New Zealand Maternity Clinical Indicators 2016 [2018]
    • National Maternity Monitoring Group Annual Report 2017 [2018]
    • Integrated Maternity and Child Health Services Outcomes Evaluation Report [2016]
    • Section 88 Primary Maternity Services Notice 2007 [2015]
    • Maternity Consumer Survey 2014 [2015]
    • Evaluation of the Maternity Quality and Safety Programme [2015]
    • Enrolling Babies at Birth [2014]
    • Comparative Study of Maternity Systems [2013]
    • Guidelines for Consultation with Obstetric and Related Medical Services (Referral Guidelines) [2012]
    • New Zealand Maternity Standards [2011]
    • Hospital based Maternity Events 2006 [2010]
• Nigeria
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Patterns and determinants of dropout from maternity care continuum in Nigeria [2016]
  • BMC Public Health
    • Maternal and child health interventions in Nigeria: a systematic review of published studies from 1990 to 2014 [2015]
  • Pan African Medical Journal
    • Determinants of antenatal care, institutional delivery and postnatal care services utilization in Nigeria [2015]
• Pakistan
  • Conflict and Health
    • Impact of service provision platforms on maternal and newborn health in conflict areas and their acceptability in Pakistan: a systematic review [2015]
  • Health Research Policy and Systems
    • Who is excluded and how? An analysis of community spaces for maternal and child health in Pakistan [2015]
  • Healthcare Policy
    • Reforms in Pakistan: Decisive Times for Improving Maternal and Child Health [2012]
• Republic of Guinea
  • Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
    • Realizing universal health coverage for maternal health services in the Republic of Guinea: the use of workforce projections to design health labor market interventions [2014]
• South Africa
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Growing inequities in maternal health in South Africa: a comparison of serial national household surveys [2016]
• South Asia
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Institutional delivery in public and private sectors in South Asia: a comparative analysis of prospective data from four demographic surveillance sites [2016]
  • Globalization and Health
    • Approaches towards improving the quality of maternal and newborn health services in South Asia: challenges and opportunities for healthcare systems [2018]
• South Pacific
  • Maternal and Child Health Journal
    • Alternative measures of spatial distribution and availability of health facilities for the delivery of emergency obstetric services in island communities [2014]
• South-East Asia
  • WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
    • Midwifery
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • PLoS ONE
    • A look back on how far to walk: Systematic review and meta-analysis of physical access to skilled care for childbirth in Sub-Saharan Africa [2017]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Drivers and deterrents of facility delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review [2013]
• Tanzania
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Governing the implementation of Emergency Obstetric Care: experiences of Rural District Health Managers, Tanzania [2014]
  • BMC Public Health
    • Subnational variation for care at birth in Tanzania: is this explained by place, people, money or drugs? [2016]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Access to maternal health services: geographical inequalities, United Republic of Tanzania [2017]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Enhancing Maternal and Perinatal Health in Under-Served Remote Areas in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Tanzanian Model [2016]
• Timor-Leste
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • The tyranny of distance: maternity waiting homes and access to birthing facilities in rural Timor-Leste [2012]
• Turkmenistan
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Making pregnancy safer: assessment of the safety and quality of hospital care for mothers and newborn babies in Turkmenistan [2010]
• Uganda
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Determinants of maternal health services utilization in Uganda [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Specific antenatal interventions for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) pregnant women at high risk of poor birth outcomes in the United Kingdom: a scoping review [2015]
    • Incident reviews in UK maternity units: a systematic appraisal of the quality of local guidelines [2015]
  • Department of Health and Social Care
    • Safer maternity care: progress and next steps
    • Safer maternity care
    • Maternity care facilities: planning and design (HBN 09-02)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings [2015]
  • NHS England
    • Implementing Better Births: A resource pack for Local Maternity Systems [2017]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Standards for Maternity Care [2016]
    • Reconfiguration of women's services in the UK [2013]
    • Improving Patient Safety: Risk Management for Maternity and Gynaecology [2009]
    • Maternity Dashboard Clinical Performance and Governance Score Card [2008]
  • Scottish Government
    • Reducing antenatal health inequalities: outcome focused evidence into action guidance [2011]
    • A refreshed framework for maternity care in Scotland: the Maternity Services Action Group [2011]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Maternal-Fetal Intervention and Fetal Care Centers [2011]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Hospital Disaster Preparedness for Obstetricians and Facilities Providing Maternity Care [2017]
    • Hospital-Based Triage of Obstetric Patients [2016]
    • Levels of Maternal Care [2015]
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • US and territory telemedicine policies: identifying gaps in perinatal care [2016]
  • Journal of Perinatology
    • United States and territory policies supporting maternal and neonatal transfer: review of transport and reimbursement [2015]
• Vietnam
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Maternal health care utilization in Viet Nam: increasing ethnic inequity [2013]
  • Global Health Action
    • Multiple vulnerabilities and maternal healthcare in Vietnam: findings from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, 2000, 2006, and 2011 [2016]
  • International Journal of Health Policy and Management
    • Shaping the Health Policy Agenda: The Case of Safe Motherhood Policy in Vietnam [2015]
  • Journal of Rural Medicine : JRM
    • Trends in inequalities in utilization of reproductive health services from 2000 to 2011 in Vietnam [2015]
• Western Pacific
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Maternal health care : policies, technical standards and services accessibility in eight countries in the Western Pacific Region [2018]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth: the 2018 joint statement by WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, ICM, ICN, FIGO and IPA [2018]
    • Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health: a toolkit for implementation [2017]
    • Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities [2016]
    • WHO recommendations on health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health 2015 [2015]
    • WHO recommendation on community mobilization through facilitated participatory learning and action cycles with women’s groups for maternal and newborn health [2014]
    • The World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health project at a glance: the power of collaboration [2014]
    • Consultation on improving measurement of the quality of maternal, newborn and child care in health facilities [2014]
    • WHO Recommendations: Optimizing Health Worker Roles to Improve Access to Key Maternal and Newborn Health Interventions Through Task Shifting [2012]
    • The World Health Organization multicountry survey on maternal and newborn health: study protocol [2011]
    • Strengthening midwifery toolkit [2011]
    • District planning tool for maternal and newborn health strategy implementation [2011]
    • Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health [2010]
    • Accelerated implementation of maternal and newborn continuum of care as part of improving reproductive health: mapping of in-country activities: joint country support [2010]
    • Monitoring emergency obstetric care : a handbook [2009]
    • Countdown to 2015: tracking progress in maternal, newborn & child survival [2008]
    • WHO recommended interventions for improving maternal and newborn health [2007]
    • Standards for Maternal and Neonatal care [2007]
    • Monitoring and evaluation of maternal and newborn health and services at the district level [2007]
    • The midwife in the community [2006]
    • The effect of maternal–newborn ill-health on households: economic vulnerability and social implications [2006]
    • The costs of maternal–newborn illness and mortality [2006]
    • Midwifery education modules [2006]
    • Making a difference in countries: Strategic approach to improving maternal and newborn survival and health [2006]
    • Impact on economic growth of investing in maternal–newborn health [2006]
    • Promoting the health of mothers and newborns during birth and the postnatal period [2005]
• Zimbabwe
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Onsite training of doctors, midwives and nurses in obstetric emergencies, Zimbabwe [2015]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Scaling up quality care for mothers and newborns around the time of birth: an overview of methods and analyses of intervention-specific bottlenecks and solutions [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Multiple pregnancy

• Canada
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Examining the provisional guidelines for weight gain in twin pregnancies: a retrospective cohort study [2017]
  • Toward Optimized Practice
    • Ultrasound for Twin and Multiple Pregnancies [2017]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Specialised antenatal clinics for women with a multiple pregnancy for improving maternal and infant outcomes
    • Regimens of ultrasound surveillance for twin pregnancies for improving outcomes
    • Reduction of the number of fetuses for women with a multiple pregnancy
    • Prophylactic oral betamimetics for reducing preterm birth in women with a twin pregnancy
    • Prenatal administration of progestogens for preventing spontaneous preterm birth in women with a multiple pregnancy
    • Planned early delivery versus expectant management for monoamniotic twins
    • Planned caesarean section for women with a twin pregnancy
    • Nutritional advice for improving outcomes in multiple pregnancies
    • Interventions for the treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome
    • Hospitalisation and bed rest for multiple pregnancy
    • Elective birth at 37 weeks’ gestation for women with an uncomplicated twin pregnancy
    • Bed rest with and without hospitalisation in multiple pregnancy for improving perinatal outcomes
• Europe
  • PLoS ONE
    • Variations in Multiple Birth Rates and Impact on Perinatal Outcomes in Europe [2016]
• International
  • International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • ISUOG Practice Guidelines: role of ultrasound in twin pregnancy [2016]
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • A worldwide survey of laser surgery for twin–twin transfusion syndrome [2014]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • World Health Organization
    • Mode and timing of twin delivery and perinatal outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health [2014]
• Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
    • Gestational age assessment and determination of chorionicity in multiple pregnancy [2013]
• Taiwan
  • Pediatrics and Neonatology
    • Nationwide Twin Birth Weight Percentiles by Gestational Age in Taiwan [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Multiple pregnancy [2013]
    • Multiple pregnancy: The management of twin and triplet pregnancies in the antenatal period [2011]
    • Septostomy with or without amnioreduction for the treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome [2006]
    • Intrauterine laser ablation of placental vessels for the treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome [2006]
  • NHS England
    • Management of Twin to Twin Syndrome by fetoscopic laser ablation [2015]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy, Management [2016]
• United States of America
  • American College of Radiology
    • Multiple Gestations
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Multiple Births
  • Journal of Perinatology
    • Weight gain in twin gestations: Are the Institute of Medicine guidelines optimal for neonatal outcomes? [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Musculoskeletal diseases in pregnancy

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy [2018]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for preventing and treating low-back and pelvic pain during pregnancy
    • Interventions for leg cramps in pregnancy
• Europe
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
    • The EULAR points to consider for use of antirheumatic drugs before pregnancy, and during pregnancy and lactation [2016]
• Middle East
  • Clinical Rheumatology
    • Enhancing the care of women with rheumatic diseases during pregnancy: challenges and unmet needs in the Middle East [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • British Society for Rheumatology
    • BSR and BHPR guideline on prescribing drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding—Part II: analgesics and other drugs used in rheumatology practice [2016]
    • BSR and BHPR guideline on prescribing drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding—Part I: standard and biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and corticosteroids [2016]
• Articles in journals
  • Rheumatology
    • High-risk pregnancy and the rheumatologist [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, hyperemesis gravidarum

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Managing nausea and vomiting in pregnancy in a primary care setting [2016]
• Canada
  • Health Canada
    • DICLECTIN (doxylamine and pyridoxine combination) - Assessing Safety in pregnancy [2016]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for treating hyperemesis gravidarum
    • Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy
• Norway
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Pregnancy complications and birth outcomes among women experiencing nausea only or nausea and vomiting during pregnancy in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum and nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: a systematic review and economic assessment [2016]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • The Management of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum [2016]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Digestive system diseases in pregnancy

Neural tube defects, folic acid

• Argentina
  • Journal of Community Genetics
    • The use of a Toolkit for health needs assessment on neural tube defects in Argentina [2013]
• Australia
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    • Monitoring the health impacts of mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification 2016 [2016]
    • Folic acid & iodine fortification [2016]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Folic acid and risk of twinning: a systematic review of the recent literature, July 1994 to July 2006 [2007]
• Brazil
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Prevention of neural tube defects by the fortification of flour with folic acid: a population-based retrospective study in Brazil [2016]
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Recommendations for folate intake in women: implications for public health strategies [2010]
• Canada
  • BCGuidelines
    • Folate Deficiency - Investigation & Management [2012]
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Folate Testing: A Review of the Diagnostic Accuracy, Clinical Utility, Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines [2015]
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Folate and neural tube defects: The role of supplements and food fortification [2016]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Folic Acid Use among Pregnant Women in Canada
• China
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Socioeconomic inequality in periconceptional folic acid supplementation in China: a census of 0.9 million women in their first trimester of pregnancy [2017]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Prenatal versus postnatal repair procedures for spina bifida for improving infant and maternal outcomes
    • Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy for maternal health and pregnancy outcomes
    • Effects and safety of periconceptional folate supplementation for preventing birth defects
• Costa Rica
  • Maternal and Child Health Journal
    • Neural Tube Defects in Costa Rica, 1987–2012: Origins and Development of Birth Defect Surveillance and Folic Acid Fortification [2015]
• Denmark, Sweden
  • BioMed Research International
    • Ultrasound in Prenatal Diagnostics and Its Impact on the Epidemiology of Spina Bifida in a National Cohort from Denmark with a Comparison to Sweden [2018]
• Germany
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • The mandatory fortification of staple foods with folic acid: a current controversy in Germany [2011]
• India
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India
    • Indian Perspective on Clinical Aspects, Usage, and Guidelines of Folic Acid [2014]
• International
  • Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
    • Folic acid supplementation for pregnant women and those planning pregnancy: 2015 update [2015]
• Latin America
  • PLoS ONE
    • Neural tube defects: Sex ratio changes after fortification with folic acid [2018]
  • Public Health Nutrition
    • Neural tube defects in Latin America and the impact of fortification: a literature review [2014]
• Norway
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Folic acid supplementation, dietary folate intake during pregnancy and risk for spontaneous preterm delivery: a prospective observational cohort study [2014]
• Oman
  • Ministry of Health Oman
    • Spina bifida and birth outcome before and after fortification of white flour with iron and folic acid in Oman [2008]
• Poland
  • Ginekologia Polska
    • Folate supplementation during the preconception period, pregnancy and puerperium. Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guidelines [2017]
• United Kingdom
  • Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology
    • Knowledge and periconceptional use of folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects in ethnic communities in the United Kingdom: Systematic review and meta-analysis [2013]
  • NHS England
    • Prenatal surgery for open spina bifida [2018]
  • Public Health England
    • Update on folic acid [2017]
  • UK National Screening Committee
    • Neural tube defects (spina bifida) screening in pregnancy
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Folic Acid Supplementation [2017]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects [2012]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Maternal–Fetal Surgery for Myelomeningocele [2017]
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
    • Fortification of corn masa flour with folic acid in the United States: an overview of the evidence [2014]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Updated Estimates of Neural Tube Defects Prevented by Mandatory Folic Acid Fortification — United States, 1995–2011 [2015]
    • Supplement Use and Other Characteristics Among Pregnant Women with a Previous Pregnancy Affected by a Neural Tube Defect — United States, 1997–2009 [2015]
    • Folic Acid
  • Pediatrics
    • Prenatal Decision-Making for Myelomeningocele: Can We Minimize Bias and Variability? [2015]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication [2017]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Optimal serum and red blood cell folate concentrations in women of reproductive age for prevention of neural tube defects [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Neurologic and mental disorders in pregnancy

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Management of bipolar disorder over the perinatal period [2016]
    • Epilepsy in pregnancy: a collaborative team effort of obstetricians, neurologists and primary care physicians for a successful outcome [2014]
  • Centre of Perinatal Excellence
    • Mental health care in the perinatal period: Australian clinical practice guideline [2017]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Maternal mortality and psychiatric morbidity in the perinatal period: challenges and opportunities for prevention in the Australian setting [2007]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
    • Mothers, babies and psychiatric inpatient treatment [2015]
• Canada
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Perinatal suicide in Ontario, Canada: a 15-year population-based study [2017]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Best practice guidelines for mental health disorders in the perinatal period [2014]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Pregnancy and Women's Mental Health in Canada
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Treatment for epilepsy in pregnancy: neurodevelopmental outcomes in the child
    • Mother and baby units for schizophrenia
    • Monotherapy treatment of epilepsy in pregnancy: congenital malformation outcomes in the child
    • Mind-body interventions during pregnancy for preventing or treating women's anxiety
    • Antipsychotic drugs for non-affective psychosis during pregnancy and postpartum
    • Antenatal psychosocial assessment for reducing perinatal mental health morbidity
• Developing countries
  • World Health Organization
    • Maternal mental health and child health and development in resource-constrained settings : report of a UNFPA/WHO international expert meeting : the interface between reproductive health and mental health [2009]
• Europe
  • Journal of Headache and Pain
    • Latest clinical recommendations on valproate use for migraine prophylaxis in women of childbearing age: overview from European Medicines Agency and European Headache Federation [2018]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Pharmacology
    • Psychopharmacoteratophobia: Excessive fear of malformation associated with prescribing psychotropic drugs during pregnancy: An Indian perspective [2015]
• International
  • Archives of Women's Mental Health
    • An international position paper on mother-infant (perinatal) mental health, with guidelines for clinical practice [2016]
  • International Journal of Women's Health
    • Epilepsy during pregnancy: focus on management strategies [2016]
• Japan
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
    • Current Proportion of Women Receiving Perinatal Psychosocial or Psychological Intervention in Japan [2016]
  • Neurologia medico-chirurgica
    • Cavernous Malformations in Pregnancy [2013]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Maternal mental health in primary care in five low- and middle-income countries: a situational analysis [2016]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Interventions for common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2013]
    • Prevalence and determinants of common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review [2012]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Psychosocial Interventions for Perinatal Common Mental Disorders Delivered by Providers Who Are Not Mental Health Specialists in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2013]
• Nepal
  • Nepal Journal of Epidemiology
    • Mental Health Issues in Pregnant Women in Nepal [2015]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Healthy Beginnings: Developing perinatal and infant mental health services in New Zealand [2012]
• Norway
  • PLoS ONE
    • Medication Use before, during, and after Pregnancy among Women with Eating Disorders: A Study from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study [2015]
• Spain
  • Sociedad Española de Neurología
    • The Spanish Society of Neurology's official clinical practice guidelines for epilepsy. Special considerations in epilepsy: Comorbidities, women of childbearing age, and elderly patients [2015]
• Switzerland, United Kingdom
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
    • Perinatal mental health service provision in Switzerland and in the UK [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • BMJ Open
    • A UK clinical audit addressing the quality of prescribing of sodium valproate for bipolar disorder in women of childbearing age [2018]
  • British Association for Psychopharmacology
    • British Association for Psychopharmacology consensus guidance on the use of psychotropic medication preconception, in pregnancy and postpartum 2017 [2017]
  • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
    • Valproate medicines (Epilim, Depakote): contraindicated in women and girls of childbearing potential unless conditions of Pregnancy Prevention Programme are met [2018]
    • Valproate medicines (Epilim, Depakote): Pregnancy Prevention Programme materials online [2018]
    • Valproate and developmental disorders: new alert asking for patient review and further consideration of risk minimisation measures [2017]
    • Medicines related to valproate: risk of abnormal pregnancy outcomes [2015]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance [2018]
    • Antenatal and postnatal mental health [2016]
  • NHS England
    • The Perinatal Mental Health Care Pathways [2018]
    • Sapropterin (Kuvan®) For Phenylketonuria: Use In Pregnancy [2013]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Lithium Prescribing during Pregnancy: A UK Primary Care Database Study [2015]
  • Public Health England
    • Maternal Mental Health Pathway
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
    • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Epilepsy in Pregnancy [2016]
    • Management of Women with Mental Health Issues during Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period [2011]
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • Perinatal mental health services: Recommendations for the provision of services for childbearing women [2015]
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
    • Management of perinatal mood disorders [2012]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Maternal Phenylketonuria [2013]
    • Use of Psychoactive Medication During Pregnancy and Possible Effects on the Fetus and Newborn [2008]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Management of Women With Phenylketonuria [2015]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Stressful Life Events Experienced by Women in the Year Before Their Infants' Births — United States, 2000–2010 [2015]
  • Multiple Sclerosis International
    • What Do Healthcare Providers Advise Women with Multiple Sclerosis Regarding Pregnancy? [2014]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Postpartum depression, perinatal depression
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Obesity in pregnancy

• Africa
  • Journal of Public Health
    • Maternal obesity in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2016]
• Australia
  • Journal of Pregnancy
    • Australian Pregnant Women's Awareness of Gestational Weight Gain and Dietary Guidelines: Opportunity for Action [2016]
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Obesity in pregnancy
• Brazil
  • Clinics
    • A systematic review and meta-analysis of gestational weight gain recommendations and related outcomes in Brazil [2015]
• Cameroon
  • BMC Research Notes
    • Associations of body mass index and gestational weight gain with term pregnancy outcomes in urban Cameroon: a retrospective cohort study in a tertiary hospital [2015]
• Canada
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Knowledge translation tool to improve pregnant women’s awareness of gestational weight gain goals and risks of gaining outside recommendations: a non-randomized intervention study [2015]
    • Contribution of prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain to adverse neonatal outcomes: population attributable fractions for Canada [2015]
    • Documentation of guideline adherence in antenatal records across maternal weight categories: a chart review [2014]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Gestational weight gain trajectories in primary care [2016]
    • Distribution of pregnancy-related weight measures [2016]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Effect of Maternal Weight on Pregnancy Outcomes
• Canada, France
  • Scientific Reports
    • Impact of maternal obesity on the incidence of pregnancy complications in France and Canada [2017]
• Chile
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Effectiveness of a normative nutrition intervention (diet, physical activity and breastfeeding) on maternal nutrition and offspring growth: the Chilean maternal and infant nutrition cohort study (CHiMINCs) [2015]
• China
  • PLoS ONE
    • Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Birth Weight: A Cohort Study in China [2015]
    • Joint and Independent Associations of Gestational Weight Gain and Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index with Outcomes of Pregnancy in Chinese Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study [2015]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Metformin for women who are overweight or obese during pregnancy for improving maternal and infant outcomes
    • Interventions for preventing excessive weight gain during pregnancy
    • Directed preconception health programs and interventions for improving pregnancy outcomes for women who are overweight or obese
    • Diet or exercise, or both, for weight reduction in women after childbirth
    • Diet or exercise, or both, for preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy
    • Deflation of gastric band balloon in pregnancy for improving outcomes
• Germany
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Secular trends in pregnancy weight gain in German women and their influences on foetal outcome: a hospital-based study [2014]
• Ghana
  • BMC Obesity
    • Socio-demographic trends in overweight and obesity among parous and nulliparous women in Ghana [2016]
• International
  • BMC Medicine
    • Gestational weight gain across continents and ethnicity: systematic review and meta-analysis of maternal and infant outcomes in more than one million women [2018]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • No global consensus: a cross-sectional survey of maternal weight policies [2014]
  • FANTA (Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project)
    • Evidence on the Effectiveness of Counseling on Excess Weight Gain during Pregnancy [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Estimated global overweight and obesity burden in pregnant women based on panel data model [2018]
• Japan
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
    • Optimal Weight Gain During Pregnancy in Japanese Women [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Pregnancy Outcomes Based on Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index in Japanese Women [2016]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Guidance for Healthy Weight Gain in Pregnancy [2014]
• Norway
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Associations of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with pregnancy outcome and postpartum weight retention: a prospective observational cohort study [2014]
  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health
    • Limited weight change in pregnant women with obesity: a systematic review [2018]
• Republic of Korea
  • PLoS ONE
    • Is it appropriate for Korean women to adopt the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations for gestational weight gain? [2017]
  • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
    • Determining optimal gestational weight gain in the Korean population: a retrospective cohort study [2017]
• South Asia
  • Obesity Reviews
    • Effects of maternal anthropometrics on pregnancy outcomes in South Asian women: a systematic review [2018]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Maternal obesity and Caesarean delivery in sub-Saharan Africa [2016]
• Sweden
  • BMJ
    • Risk of major congenital malformations in relation to maternal overweight and obesity severity: cohort study of 1.2 million singletons [2017]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Inter-pregnancy Weight Change and Risks of Severe Birth-Asphyxia-Related Outcomes in Singleton Infants Born at Term: A Nationwide Swedish Cohort Study [2016]
  • Scientific Reports
    • Obesity rates in two generations of Swedish women entering pregnancy, and associated obesity risk among adult daughters [2015]
• Taiwan
  • Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Gestational weight gain and risks for adverse perinatal outcomes: A retrospective cohort study based on the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Obesity and normal birth: A qualitative study of clinician’s management of obese pregnant women during labour [2015]
    • Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: a national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England [2012]
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Guidelines and interventions for obesity during pregnancy [2012]
• United States of America
  • Advances in Nutrition
    • Racial-Ethnic Differences in Pregnancy-Related Weight [2012]
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain [2008]
    • Bariatric Surgery in Women of Reproductive Age: Special Concerns for Pregnancy [2008]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Weight Gain During Pregnancy [2013]
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Trends in gestational weight gain: the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2000—2009 [2015]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Prevalence and Trends in Prepregnancy Normal Weight — 48 States, New York City, and District of Columbia, 2011–2015 [2018]
    • Prepregnancy Body Mass Index by Maternal Characteristics and State: Data From the Birth Certificate, 2014 [2016]
    • Gestational Weight Gain — United States, 2012 and 2013 [2015]
  • Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Optimizing Weight for Maternal and Infant Health – Tenable, or Too Late? [2014]
  • Healthcare
    • Impact of Pre-Pregnancy Weight and Gestational Weight Gain on Birth Outcomes by Nativity in the United States: A Systematic Review [2017]
  • National Academies Press
    • Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines [2009]
  • Nutrition Reviews
    • Gestational weight gain recommendations in the context of the obesity epidemic [2013]
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Prevalence and Characteristics Associated With Gestational Weight Gain Adequacy [2015]
    • Pregnancy Outcomes With Weight Gain Above or Below the 2009 Institute of Medicine Guidelines [2013]
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinics of North America
    • Childbearing and Obesity in Women: Weight Before, During, and After Pregnancy [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Obstetrics, perinatology

• Africa
  • WHO Regional Office for Africa
    • Maternal Health
• Australia
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    • Child and maternal health in 2013–2015 [2018]
    • Perinatal data visualisations [2017]
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines
  • SA Health
    • Perinatal Practice Guidelines
  • WA Health, Government of Western Australia
    • Mothers and Babies, Western Australia
• Cambodia
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Assessing maternal and newborn hospital data in Cambodia [2018]
• Canada
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Guidelines & Standards
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines [2017]
    • Perinatal Health Indicators 2013: a Surveillance Report by the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Perinatal Surveillance System [2015]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Treating periodontal disease for preventing adverse birth outcomes in pregnant women
• Developing countries
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Recurrence of adverse perinatal outcomes in developing countries [2013]
• Europe
  • European Journal of Public Health
    • Linking databases on perinatal health: a review of the literature and current practices in Europe [2016]
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Effective Perinatal Care. Course Facilitators guide [2010]
    • Effective Perinatal Care. Course Director’s Guide [2010]
    • Maternal and newborn health
• Germany
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • The Treatment of Illnesses Arising in Pregnancy [2017]
  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
    • Analysis of the German Perinatal Survey of the Years 2007–2011 and Comparison with Data From 1995–1997: Maternal Characteristics [2013]
• India
  • Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology
    • Oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in India: A systematic review [2015]
• International
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • eRegistries: indicators for the WHO Essential Interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health [2016]
    • eRegistries: governance for electronic maternal and child health registries [2016]
    • eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health [2016]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Leadership, action, learning and accountability to deliver quality care for women, newborns and children [2018]
• Kosovo
  • Implementation Science
    • Determinants of implementation of maternal health guidelines in Kosovo: mixed methods study [2013]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
    • Low- and middle-income countries face many common barriers to implementation of maternal health evidence products [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Assessing the Effect of mHealth Interventions in Improving Maternal and Neonatal Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review [2016]
• Low-income countries
  • PLoS ONE
    • Barriers, Facilitators and Priorities for Implementation of WHO Maternal and Perinatal Health Guidelines in Four Lower-Income Countries: A GREAT Network Research Activity [2016]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Report on Maternity, 2015 [2017]
    • Maternity Tables 2013 [2015]
• Nigeria
  • Health Promotion Perspectives
    • Promoting evidence informed policy making in Nigeria: a review of the maternal, newborn and child health policy development process [2017]
    • An assessment of maternal, newborn and child health implementation studies in Nigeria: implications for evidence informed policymaking and practice [2016]
• Philippines
  • Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
    • Guidelines and training for maternal and newborn care post-Haiyan [2015]
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Guidelines and training for maternal and newborn care post-Haiyan [2015]
• Republic of Korea
  • Journal of Korean Medical Science
    • Social Inequality in Birth Outcomes in Korea, 1995-2008 [2013]
• South Africa
  • Department of Health South Africa
    • Guidelines for maternity care in South Africa [2015]
• Spain
  • GuíaSalud
    • Clinical practice guideline for care in pregnancy and childbirth [2014]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Implementation Science
    • How to know what you need to do': a cross-country comparison of maternal health guidelines in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania [2012]
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago
    • Maternal and Child Health Manual [2015]
    • Standard Operating Procedure Manual for Obstetrics and Midwifery Services [2011]
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Weight management before, during and after pregnancy [2010]
    • Fetal vesico-amniotic shunt for lower urinary tract outflow obstruction [2006]
    • Pregnancy
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
    • Guideline on Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Care [2016]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Age Terminology During the Perinatal Period [2014]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy [2017]
    • Oral Health Care During Pregnancy and Through the Lifespan [2013]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
    • Pregnancy
    • Births and Natality
  • Maternal Health Task Force
    • Maternal Health Task Force
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Placental origins of adverse pregnancy outcomes: potential molecular targets: an Executive Workshop Summary of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [2016]
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    • Management of Pregnancy [2018]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO recommendations on home-based records for maternal, newborn and child health [2018]
    • WHO recommendations on maternal health [2017]
    • Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care: A guide for essential practice (3rd edition) [2015]
    • Recommendations on maternal and perinatal health [2013]
    • Counselling for maternal and newborn health care. A handbook for building skills [2013]
    • Compilation of WHO recommendations on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health [2013]
    • The world health report 2005 - make every mother and child count [2005]
    • Maternal and perinatal health
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Trauma in pregnancy
    • Thyroid diseases in pregnancy
    • Substance-related disorders in pregnancy
    • Stillbirth, neonatal mortality
    • Smoking in pregnancy
    • Skin diseases in pregnancy
    • Rh isoimmunization
    • Respiratory tract diseases, hypersensitivity in pregnancy
    • Prolonged pregnancy
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Prenatal nutrition, dietary supplements in pregnancy
    • Prenatal care
    • Pregnancy tests
    • Pregnancy in diabetics
    • Preeclampsia, eclampsia, hypertension in pregnancy
    • Preconception care
    • Obesity in pregnancy
    • Neurologic and mental disorders in pregnancy
    • Neural tube defects, folic acid
    • Neonatology
    • Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, hyperemesis gravidarum
    • Musculoskeletal diseases in pregnancy
    • Multiple pregnancy
    • Maternity services
    • Maternal mortality and morbidity
    • Maternal and neonatal infections
    • Labor, delivery, postpartum
    • Kidney diseases in pregnancy
    • Hematologic diseases in pregnancy
    • Gestational diabetes
    • Fetal maturation
    • Fetal growth retardation
    • Fetal alcohol syndrome, alcohol in pregnancy
    • Exercise and pregnancy
    • Embolism and thrombosis in pregnancy
    • Drugs in pregnancy
    • Disorders of environmental origin in pregnancy
    • Digestive system diseases in pregnancy
    • Cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy
    • Breast cancer and pregnancy
    • Bleeding in pregnancy, placenta diseases
    • Autoimmune diseases in pregnancy
    • Adolescent pregnancy

Preconception care

• Africa
  • Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
    • Pre-conception counselling for key cardiovascular conditions in Africa: optimising pregnancy outcomes [2016]
• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Preconception care [2018]
• Belgium
  • Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
    • Systematic development of an evidence-based website on preconception care [2016]
• Canada
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Preconception care: Call for national guidelines [2013]
• China
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • China’s community-based strategy of universal preconception care in rural areas at a population level using a novel risk classification system for stratifying couples´ preconception health status [2016]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Factors influencing the quality of preconception healthcare in China: applying a preconceptional instrument to assess healthcare needs [2014]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Routine pre-pregnancy health promotion for improving pregnancy outcomes
    • Preconception risk assessment for thalassaemia, sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis and Tay-Sachs disease
• International
  • Frontiers in Public Health
    • Outcomes of an International Workshop on Preconception Expanded Carrier Screening: Some Considerations for Governments [2017]
• Malaysia
  • BMC Public Health
    • Pre-pregnancy community-based intervention for couples in Malaysia: application of intervention mapping [2016]
• South-East Asia
  • WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
    • Preconception care: Regional expert group consultation 6-8 August 2013, New Delhi, India [2014]
• United Kingdom
  • Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
    • Pre-Conception Care [2016]
  • Public Health England
    • Preconception care: making the case
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
    • Preconception Care (Position Paper) [2016]
  • American Family Physician
    • Recommendations for Preconception Counseling and Care [2013]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Disparities in Preconception Health Indicators — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013–2015, and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2013–2014 [2018]
    • Core State Preconception Health Indicators — Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009 [2014]
    • Preconception Care
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Preconception care to reduce maternal and childhood mortality and morbidity [2013]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Preeclampsia, eclampsia, hypertension in pregnancy

• Afghanistan
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Prevention and management of severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Afghanistan [2013]
• Australia
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
    • Guideline for the management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 2014 [2015]
• Brazil
  • Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
    • 7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Chapter 9 - Arterial Hypertension in pregnancy [2016]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Situational analysis of facilitators and barriers to availability and utilization of magnesium sulfate for eclampsia and severe preeclampsia in the public health system in Brazil [2016]
• Canada
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Hypertension in Pregnancy [2006]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Maternal Hypertension in Canada
• China
  • BMJ Open
    • Associations of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A level with essential hypertension and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in Chinese population: a meta-analysis of 20 research studies involving 3332 individuals [2015]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and stillbirth rates: a facility-based study in China [2018]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Tight control of mild-moderate pre-existing or non-proteinuric gestational hypertension
    • Rest during pregnancy for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications in women with normal blood pressure
    • Reduced salt intake compared to normal dietary salt, or high intake, in pregnancy
    • Pulmonary artery flow catheters for directing management in pre-eclampsia
    • Progesterone for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
    • Prevention and treatment of postpartum hypertension
    • Plasma volume expansion for treatment of pre-eclampsia
    • Planned early delivery versus expectant management for hypertensive disorders from 34 weeks gestation to term
    • Planned caesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for severe pre-eclampsia
    • Oral beta-blockers for mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy
    • Nitric oxide for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
    • Marine oil, and other prostaglandin precursor, supplementation for pregnancy uncomplicated by pre-eclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction
    • Magnesium sulphate versus phenytoin for eclampsia
    • Magnesium sulphate versus lytic cocktail for eclampsia
    • Magnesium sulphate versus diazepam for eclampsia
    • Magnesium sulphate and other anticonvulsants for women with pre-eclampsia
    • Low-dose dopamine for women with severe pre-eclampsia
    • Interventionist versus expectant care for severe pre-eclampsia before term
    • Garlic for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
    • Exercise or other physical activity for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
    • Epidural therapy for the treatment of severe pre-eclampsia in non labouring women
    • Drugs for treatment of very high blood pressure during pregnancy
    • Diuretics for preventing pre-eclampsia
    • Corticosteroids for HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome in pregnancy
    • Chinese herbal medicines for treating pre-eclampsia
    • Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for preventing hypertensive disorders and related problems
    • Calcium supplementation commencing before or early in pregnancy, or food fortification with calcium, for preventing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
    • Bed rest with or without hospitalisation for hypertension during pregnancy
    • Antiplatelet agents for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
    • Antioxidants for preventing pre-eclampsia
    • Antihypertensive drug therapy for mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy
    • Ambulatory versus conventional methods for monitoring blood pressure during pregnancy
    • Alternative magnesium sulphate regimens for women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
    • Altered dietary salt for preventing pre-eclampsia, and its complications
    • Abdominal decompression in normal pregnancy
    • Abdominal decompression for suspected fetal compromise/pre-eclampsia
• Colombia
  • Colombia Médica
    • Reduction of maternal mortality due to preeclampsia in Colombia-an interrupted time-series analysis [2014]
• Developing countries
  • BMC Public Health
    • Role of calcium supplementation during pregnancy in reducing risk of developing gestational hypertensive disorders: a meta-analysis of studies from developing countries [2011]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Prevalence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Ethiopia: a systemic review and meta-analysis [2018]
• Europe
  • BMJ Open
    • Use of magnesium sulfate before 32 weeks of gestation: a European population-based cohort study [2017]
• Finland
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • The diagnosis of pre-eclampsia using two revised classifications in the Finnish Pre-eclampsia Consortium (FINNPEC) cohort [2016]
• International
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Clinical practice patterns on the use of magnesium sulphate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a multi-country survey [2016]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Are hypertensive disorders in pregnancy associated with congenital malformations in offspring? Evidence from the WHO Multicountry cross sectional survey on maternal and newborn health [2016]
  • BMJ Open
    • Assessment of the quality and content of national and international guidelines on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy using the AGREE II instrument [2016]
  • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
    • How to manage hypertension in pregnancy effectively [2011]
  • Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute
    • The evidence-based management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia [2010]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of International Clinical Practice Guidelines [2014]
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Multicenter screening for pre-eclampsia by maternal factors and biomarkers at 11–13 weeks' gestation: comparison with NICE guidelines and ACOG recommendations [2017]
    • Implementation of the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio for prediction and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia in singleton pregnancy: implications for clinical practice [2015]
• Iran
  • Archives of Iranian Medicine
    • Prevalence of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia in Iran [2016]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
    • Diagnosis and management of preeclampsia in community settings in low and middle-income countries [2015]
• Mexico
  • Salud Pública de México
    • Treating patients with severe preeclampsia and eclampsia in Oaxaca, Mexico [2014]
• Nepal
  • Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
    • Optimizing treatment for the prevention of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Nepal: is calcium supplementation during pregnancy cost-effective? [2016]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension and Pre-eclampsia in Pregnancy in New Zealand: A clinical practice guideline [2018]
• Nigeria
  • Annals of African Medicine
    • The use of magnesium sulphate for the treatment of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia [2009]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Factors influencing the use of magnesium sulphate in pre-eclampsia/eclampsia management in health facilities in Northern Nigeria: a mixed methods study [2015]
• Norway
  • Hypertension
    • Preconception Cardiovascular Risk Factor Differences Between Gestational Hypertension and Preeclampsia: Cohort Norway Study [2016]
• Portugal
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
    • Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia: An Update on the Pharmacological Treatment Applied in Portugal [2018]
• Qatar
  • Qatar Medical Journal
    • A review of eclampsia in Qatar: A twenty-year study (from January 1991-December 2009) [2013]
• Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
    • Management of Hypertensive Disease During Pregnancy [2014]
    • Management of Eclampsia [2014]
• Switzerland
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
    • Incidence of preeclampsia in pregnant Swiss women [2015]
• Taiwan
  • Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Trends in the incidence of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Taiwan between 1998 and 2010 [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Spot protein-creatinine ratio and spot albumin-creatinine ratio in the assessment of pre-eclampsia: a diagnostic accuracy study with decision-analytic model-based economic evaluation and acceptability analysis [2017]
    • Placental growth factor (alone or in combination with soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1) as an aid to the assessment of women with suspected pre-eclampsia: systematic review and economic analysis [2016]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • PlGF-based testing to help diagnose suspected pre-eclampsia (Triage PlGF test, Elecsys immunoassay sFlt-1/PlGF ratio, DELFIA Xpress PlGF 1-2-3 test, and BRAHMS sFlt-1 Kryptor/BRAHMS PlGF plus Kryptor PE ratio) [2016]
    • Hypertension in pregnancy [2013]
    • Hypertension in pregnancy: The management of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy [2010]
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of early screening for pre-eclampsia by NICE guidelines and a method combining maternal factors and biomarkers: results of SPREE [2018]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Screening for Preeclampsia [2017]
    • Low-Dose Aspirin for the Prevention of Morbidity and Mortality From Preeclampsia [2014]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Low-Dose Aspirin Use During Pregnancy [2018]
    • Emergent Therapy for Acute-Onset, Severe Hypertension During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period [2017]
    • First-Trimester Risk Assessment for Early-Onset Preeclampsia [2015]
    • Hypertension in Pregnancy [2013]
  • BMJ
    • Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis [2013]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Preeclampsia: Screening [2017]
    • Low-Dose Aspirin Use for the Prevention of Morbidity and Mortality From Preeclampsia: Preventive Medication [2014]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: implications and actions [2014]
    • Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes: a secondary analysis of the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health [2014]
    • WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: evidence base [2011]
    • WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia [2011]
    • Managing eclampsia [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Pregnancy in diabetics

• Australia, New Zealand, North America
  • Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
    • Diabetes in pregnancy among indigenous women in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States: a systematic review of the evidence for screening in early pregnancy [2013]
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Increasing Frequency of Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Test Strips During Pregnancy: A Review of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines [2017]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Impact of pre-pregnancy diabetes mellitus on congenital anomalies, Canada, 2002–2012 [2015]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Techniques of monitoring blood glucose during pregnancy for women with pre-existing diabetes
    • Preconception care for diabetic women for improving maternal and infant health
    • Planned birth at or near term for improving health outcomes for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes and their infants
    • Oral anti-diabetic agents for women with established diabetes/impaired glucose tolerance or previous gestational diabetes planning pregnancy, or pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes
    • Exercise for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes for improving maternal and fetal outcomes
    • Exercise for diabetic pregnant women
    • Elective delivery in diabetic pregnant women
    • Different intensities of glycaemic control for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes
    • Different insulin types and regimens for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes
    • Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion versus multiple daily injections of insulin for pregnant women with diabetes
    • Antenatal breast milk expression by women with diabetes for improving infant outcomes
• Cuba
  • MEDICC Review
    • Care for pregnant diabetics in Cuba: achievements and challenges [2013]
• Eastern Mediterranean
  • WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
    • Guidelines for the prevention, management and care of diabetes mellitus [2006]
• Europe
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prescribing of Antidiabetic Medicines before, during and after Pregnancy: A Study in Seven European Regions [2016]
• International
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Preconception care for women with diabetes: a review of current guideline recommendations [2010]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Diabetes in Pregnancy [2014]
• Poland
  • Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
    • Medical care of pregnant women with type 1 diabetes: current guidelines and clinical practice [2013]
• Qatar
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence of newly detected diabetes in pregnancy in Qatar, using universal screening [2018]
• Sweden
  • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
    • Trends in diabetes in pregnancy in Sweden 1998–2012 [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Implementation of guidelines for multidisciplinary team management of pregnancy in women with pre-existing diabetes or cardiac conditions: results from a UK national survey [2017]
  • BMJ Open
    • A cohort study of trends in the prevalence of pregestational diabetes in pregnancy recorded in UK general practice between 1995 and 2012 [2016]
  • Diabetes UK
    • Preconception care for women with diabetes [2015]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Pre-conception care for women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes: A mixed methods study exploring uptake of pre-conception care [2017]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Diabetes in pregnancy [2016]
    • Diabetes in pregnancy: management of diabetes and its complications from preconception to the postnatal period [2015]
• United States of America
  • Endocrine Society
    • Diabetes and Pregnancy: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline [2013]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Gestational diabetes

Pregnancy tests

• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Point-of-Care Urine Pregnancy Screening in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Accuracy, Clinical Utility, and Guidelines [2017]
• Germany
  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
    • Strips of Hope: Accuracy of Home Pregnancy Tests and New Developments [2014]
• United States of America
  • American Journal of Clinical Pathology
    • Should the Qualitative Serum Pregnancy Test Be Considered Obsolete? [2012]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Evidence-based pregnancy testing in clinical trials: Recommendations from a multi-stakeholder development process [2018]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO international collaborative study of the proposed 5th [fifth] international standard for chorionic gonadotrophin [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of Clinical Pathology
    • Pathology Consultation on Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Testing for Pregnancy Assessment [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Prenatal care

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Antenatal care in Australian general practice [2016]
    • Antenatal care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women [2014]
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Non-urgent referral for antenatal care
• Bangladesh
  • PLoS ONE
    • Maternal Pregnancy Intention and Professional Antenatal Care Utilization in Bangladesh: A Nationwide Population-Based Survey [2016]
• Belgium, Netherlands
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Antenatal care use in urban areas in two European countries: Predisposing, enabling and pregnancy-related determinants in Belgium and the Netherlands [2016]
• Brazil
  • Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
    • Infant mortality and prenatal care: contributions of the clinic in the light of Canguilhem and Foucault [2012]
• Burkina Faso
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Involving male partners in maternity care in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial [2018]
• Canada
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Population and Public Health Prenatal Care Pathway [2014]
    • Maternity Care Pathway [2010]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Individual or group antenatal education for childbirth or parenthood, or both
    • Incentives for increasing prenatal care use by women in order to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes
    • Health system and community level interventions for improving antenatal care coverage and health outcomes
    • Group versus conventional antenatal care for women
    • Giving women their own case notes to carry during pregnancy
    • Antenatal education for self-diagnosis of the onset of active labour at term
    • Antenatal day care units versus hospital admission for women with complicated pregnancy
    • Alternative versus standard packages of antenatal care for low-risk pregnancy
• Colombia
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Individual and local level factors and antenatal care use in Colombia: a multilevel analysis [2014]
• Eastern Europe, Central Asia
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Improvement of the antenatal care in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Meeting report (27–28 April 2017) [2017]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Male partner attendance at antenatal care and adherence to antenatal care guidelines: secondary analysis of 2011 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data [2018]
    • Quality of antenatal care services and completion of four or more antenatal care visits in Ethiopia: a finding based on a demographic and health survey [2017]
  • BMC Public Health
    • Antenatal care strengthening for improved quality of care in Jimma, Ethiopia: an effectiveness study [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Timing and adequate attendance of antenatal care visits among women in Ethiopia [2017]
• Europe
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • What is the effectiveness of antenatal care? (Supplement) [2005]
    • What is the efficacy/effectiveness of antenatal care and the financial and organizational implications? [2003]
• Ghana
  • PLoS ONE
    • Client Factors Affect Provider Adherence to Clinical Guidelines during First Antenatal Care [2016]
• High-income countries
  • JMIR mHealth and uHealth
    • The Usability and Effectiveness of Mobile Health Technology–Based Lifestyle and Medical Intervention Apps Supporting Health Care During Pregnancy: Systematic Review [2018]
• International
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • What matters to women: a systematic scoping review to identify the processes and outcomes of antenatal care provision that are important to healthy pregnant women [2015]
    • Antenatal care for healthy pregnant women: a mapping of interventions from existing guidelines to inform the development of new WHO guidance on antenatal care [2015]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Improving antenatal care in prisons [2015]
  • Global Health: Science and Practice
    • Integrated Person-Centered Health Care for All Women During Pregnancy: Implementing World Health Organization Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience [2017]
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Early antenatal care visit: a systematic analysis of regional and global levels and trends of coverage from 1990 to 2013 [2017]
• Kenya
  • Reproductive Health
    • Pregnancy wantedness, frequency and timing of antenatal care visit among women of childbearing age in Kenya [2016]
• Lebanon
  • Conflict and Health
    • An assessment of antenatal care among Syrian refugees in Lebanon [2015]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Barriers and enablers to integrating maternal and child health services to antenatal care in low and middle income countries [2016]
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Not just a number: examining coverage and content of antenatal care in low-income and middle-income countries [2018]
• Malaysia
  • PLoS ONE
    • Antenatal Care Utilisation and Content between Low-Risk and High-Risk Pregnant Women [2016]
    • Assessing the Extent of Adherence to the Recommended Antenatal Care Content in Malaysia: Room for Improvement [2015]
• Mesoamerica
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Coverage and timing of antenatal care among poor women in 6 Mesoamerican countries [2016]
• Mexico
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Measuring the adequacy of antenatal health care: a national cross-sectional study in Mexico [2016]
• Mozambique
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Challenges and opportunities for implementing evidence-based antenatal care in Mozambique: a qualitative study [2015]
• Nepal
  • Frontiers in Public Health
    • Timing of First Antenatal Care (ANC) and Inequalities in Early Initiation of ANC in Nepal [2017]
• Nigeria
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence and factors associated with underutilization of antenatal care services in Nigeria: A comparative study of rural and urban residences based on the 2013 Nigeria demographic and health survey [2018]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Assessment of quality of antenatal care services in Nigeria: evidence from a population-based survey [2015]
• Philippines
  • BMJ Open
    • Reduction in inequality in antenatal-care use and persistence of inequality in skilled birth attendance in the Philippines from 1993 to 2008 [2013]
• Tanzania
  • Health Policy and Planning
    • Do antenatal care visits always contribute to facility-based delivery in Tanzania? A study of repeated cross-sectional data [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Deprivation and poor psychosocial support are key determinants of late antenatal presentation and poor fetal outcomes-a combined retrospective and prospective study [2015]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Antenatal care for uncomplicated pregnancies [2017]
    • Antenatal care [2016]
    • Pregnancy and complex social factors: A model for service provision for pregnant women with complex social factors [2010]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • The Prenatal Visit [2018]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Group Prenatal Care [2018]
  • Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
    • Routine Prenatal and Postnatal Care [2016]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience [2016]
    • WHO Statement on antenatal care [2011]
    • WHO Antenatal Care Randomized Trial: Manual for the Implementation of the new Model [2001]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Prenatal nutrition, dietary supplements in pregnancy

• Afghanistan
  • Maternal & Child Nutrition
    • Stop stunting: situation and way forward to improve maternal, child and adolescent nutrition in Afghanistan [2016]
• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Nutrition care by general practitioners: Enhancing women’s health during and after pregnancy [2016]
    • The role of micronutrients in pregnancy [2009]
  • International Journal of Women's Health
    • Exploring Australian women’s level of nutrition knowledge during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study [2016]
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • Review: Nutritional requirements and dietary advice targeted for pregnant and breastfeeding women [2011]
• Bangladesh
  • FANTA (Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project)
    • Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions for Pregnant Mothers and Children in Bangladesh [2017]
    • Integrating and Strengthening Maternal and Child Nutrition in Health Service Delivery in Bangladesh: A Report on FANTA Activities from 2010 to 2014 [2014]
• Brazil
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Brazilian pregnant and lactating women do not change their food intake to meet nutritional goals [2014]
  • Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
    • Vitamin A supplementation in Brazilian pregnant and postpartum women: a systematic review [2015]
  • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
    • Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status in Brazilian pregnant women [2009]
• Cambodia
  • Nutrients
    • The Economic Burden of Malnutrition in Pregnant Women and Children under 5 Years of Age in Cambodia [2016]
• Canada
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Polyunsaturated fatty acids and fetal brain development [2015]
    • Sugar substitutes during pregnancy [2014]
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Vitamin D supplementation: Recommendations for Canadian mothers and infants [2015]
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
    • Adherence to Canada's Food Guide Recommendations during Pregnancy: Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health [2017]
  • Health Canada
    • Prenatal Nutrition
  • Nutrients
    • Both Mother and Infant Require a Vitamin D Supplement to Ensure That Infants’ Vitamin D Status Meets Current Guidelines [2018]
  • PLoS ONE
    • The Current Recommended Vitamin D Intake Guideline for Diet and Supplements During Pregnancy Is Not Adequate to Achieve Vitamin D Sufficiency for Most Pregnant Women [2016]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
• China
  • Nutrition Journal
    • Prevalence and influence factors of vitamin A deficiency of Chinese pregnant women [2016]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome
    • Vitamin E supplementation in pregnancy
    • Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy
    • Vitamin C supplementation in pregnancy
    • Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes
    • Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) supplementation during pregnancy or labour for maternal and neonatal outcomes
    • Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy
    • Multiple micronutrient powders for home (point-of-use) fortification of foods in pregnant women
    • Maternal prenatal and/or postnatal n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) supplementation for preventing allergies in early childhood
    • Maternal dietary antigen avoidance during pregnancy or lactation, or both, for preventing or treating atopic disease in the child
    • Magnesium supplementation in pregnancy
    • Lipid-based nutrient supplements for maternal, birth, and infant developmental outcomes
    • Fluoride supplementation (with tablets, drops, lozenges or chewing gum) in pregnant women for preventing dental caries in the primary teeth of their children
    • Creatine for women in pregnancy for neuroprotection of the fetus
    • Calcium supplementation (other than for preventing or treating hypertension) for improving pregnancy and infant outcomes
    • Antenatal dietary advice and supplementation to increase energy and protein intake
• Developing countries
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation and pregnancy outcomes in developing countries: meta-analysis and meta-regression [2011]
• Europe
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Good maternal nutrition. The best start in life [2016]
• France, United States of America
  • PLoS ONE
    • Pregnancy Requires Major Changes in the Quality of the Diet for Nutritional Adequacy: Simulations in the French and the United States Populations [2016]
• Germany
  • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
    • German National Consensus Recommendations on Nutrition and Lifestyle in Pregnancy by the ‘Healthy Start - Young Family Network' [2013]
• Guatemala
  • FANTA (Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project)
    • Validation of Food-Based Recommendations Developed using Optifood for Groups at Nutritional Risk in the Western Highlands of Guatemala [2014]
• Indonesia
  • Malaysian Journal of Nutrition
    • Nutrient intake of pregnant women in Indonesia: a review [2012]
• International
  • FANTA (Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project)
    • Determining a Global Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Cutoff to Assess Malnutrition in Pregnant Women [2016]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) recommendations on adolescent, preconception, and maternal nutrition: “Think Nutrition First” [2015]
  • Nature Reviews Endocrinology
    • Micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy worldwide: health effects and prevention [2016]
  • United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
    • Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition: A survival and development priority [2009]
• Italy
  • Nutrients
    • Maternal Diet and Nutrient Requirements in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding. An Italian Consensus Document [2016]
• Latvia
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Proper maternal nutrition during pregnancy planning and pregnancy: a healthy start in life (2017) [2017]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Companion Statement on Vitamin D and Sun Exposure in Pregnancy and Infancy in New Zealand [2013]
  • Nutrients
    • Dietary Patterns in Pregnancy in New Zealand—Influence of Maternal Socio-Demographic, Health and Lifestyle Factors [2016]
• South Asia
  • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
    • Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency in South Asia: Causes, Outcomes, and Possible Remedies [2013]
• Switzerland
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
    • Diet, medication use and drug intake during pregnancy: data from the consecutive Swiss Health Surveys of 2007 and 2012 [2017]
• Thailand
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Thailand nutrition in transition: situation and challenges of maternal and child nutrition [2013]
• United Kingdom
  • BMJ Open
    • Vitamin B12 status in women of childbearing age in the UK and its relationship with national nutrient intake guidelines: results from two National Diet and Nutrition Surveys [2016]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Effects of antenatal diet and physical activity on maternal and fetal outcomes: individual patient data meta-analysis and health economic evaluation [2017]
    • Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy: a systematic review [2014]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Nutrition: improving maternal and child nutrition [2015]
    • Maternal and child nutrition [2014]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Vitamin D in Pregnancy [2014]
  • Scottish Government
    • Scottish maternal and infant nutrition survey 2017 [2018]
    • Improving maternal and infant nutrition: a framework for action [2011]
• United States of America
  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
    • Nutrition and Lifestyle for a Healthy Pregnancy Outcome [2014]
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Maternal and Child Health: An Updated Systematic Review [2016]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Consumption of Raw or Unpasteurized Milk and Milk Products by Pregnant Women and Children [2014]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • ACOG Practice Advisory: Update on Seafood Consumption During Pregnancy [2017]
    • Vitamin D: Screening and Supplementation During Pregnancy [2011]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Use of multiple micronutrient powders for point-of-use fortification of foods consumed by pregnant women [2016]
    • Essential Nutrition Actions: Improving Maternal, Newborn, Infant and Young Child Health and Nutrition [2013]
    • Multiple micronutrient powders for home (point of use) fortification of foods in pregnant women: a systematic review [2011]
    • Guideline: use of multiple micronutrient powders for home fortification of foods consumed by pregnant women [2011]
    • Programming of chronic disease by impaired fetal nutrition [2002]
    • Feto-maternal nutrition and low birth weight
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Prolonged pregnancy

• Australia
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Management of pregnancy beyond 41 weeks gestation [2014]
• Canada
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Postterm Pregnancy [2005]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Induction of labour for improving birth outcomes for women at or beyond term
• International
  • Reproductive Health
    • Management of pregnancy at and beyond 41 completed weeks of gestation in low-risk women: a secondary analysis of two WHO multi-country surveys on maternal and newborn health [2017]
  • World Association of Perinatal Medicine
    • Guidelines for the management of postterm pregnancy [2010]
• Sweden
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Routine ultrasound examination at 41 weeks of gestation and risk of post-term severe adverse fetal outcome: a retrospective evaluation of two units, within the same hospital, with different guidelines [2014]
• United States of America
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Definition of Term Pregnancy [2013]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Respiratory tract diseases, hypersensitivity in pregnancy

• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for managing asthma in pregnancy
    • Imaging for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy
• International
  • Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute
    • Statement on pregnancy in pulmonary hypertension from the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute [2015]
• Saudi Arabia
  • Annals of Thoracic Medicine
    • Saudi Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: Pregnancy in pulmonary hypertension [2014]
• United States of America
  • American Thoracic Society
    • An Official American Thoracic Society/Society of Thoracic Radiology Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism In Pregnancy [2011]
• Articles in journals
  • Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology
    • The Treatment of Allergic Respiratory Disease During Pregnancy [2016]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Rh isoimmunization

• Australia
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Rh (D) Immunoglobulin (Anti D) [2015]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Techniques of intrauterine fetal transfusion for women with red-cell isoimmunisation for improving health outcomes
    • Intramuscular versus intravenous anti-D for preventing Rhesus alloimmunization during pregnancy
    • Immunoglobulin infusion for isoimmune haemolytic jaundice in neonates
    • Immunoglobulin for alloimmune hemolytic disease in neonates
    • Anti-D administration in pregnancy for preventing Rhesus alloimmunisation
    • Anti-D administration after spontaneous miscarriage for preventing Rhesus alloimmunisation
    • Anti-D administration after childbirth for preventing Rhesus alloimmunisation
• International
  • Pediatric Research
    • Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and Rhesus disease of the newborn: incidence and impairment estimates for 2010 at regional and global levels [2013]
• Italy
  • Società Italiana di Medicina Trasfusionale e Immunoematologia
    • Recommendations for the prevention and treatment of haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn [2015]
    • Survey on the prevention and incidence of haemolytic disease of the newborn in Italy [2013]
• Netherlands
  • BMJ
    • Sensitivity of fetal RHD screening for safe guidance of targeted anti-D immunoglobulin prophylaxis: prospective cohort study of a nationwide programme in the Netherlands [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Routine administration of Anti-D: the ethical case for offering pregnant women fetal RHD genotyping and a review of policy and practice [2014]
  • British Society for Haematology
    • Guideline for blood grouping and red cell antibody testing in pregnancy [2016]
    • BCSH guideline for the use of anti-D immunoglobulin for the prevention of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn [2014]
    • Guidelines for the Estimation of Fetomaternal Haemorrhage [2009]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • High-throughput non-invasive prenatal testing for fetal rhesus D status in RhD-negative women not known to be sensitised to the RhD antigen: a systematic review and economic evaluation [2018]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • High-throughput non-invasive prenatal testing for fetal RHD genotype [2016]
  • NHS England
    • Management of fetal anaemia secondary to red cell alloimmunisation [2015]
• United States of America
  • Transfusion
    • It’s time to phase-in RHD genotyping for patients with a serological weak D phenotype [2014]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Skin diseases in pregnancy

• Canada
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Occurrence of pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes during isotretinoin therapy [2016]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Topical preparations for preventing stretch marks in pregnancy
    • Safety of topical corticosteroids in pregnancy
    • Pharmacological interventions for generalised itching (not caused by systemic disease or skin lesions) in pregnancy
• Articles in journals
  • Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
    • Treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis during pregnancy and breastfeeding [2015]
  • Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
    • Treatment of Acne in Pregnancy [2016]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Smoking in pregnancy

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Management of smoking in pregnant women [2014]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Do Clinicians Ask Pregnant Women about Exposures to Tobacco and Cannabis Smoking, Second-Hand-Smoke and E-Cigarettes? An Australian National Cross-Sectional Survey [2017]
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
    • Provision of Antenatal Smoking Cessation Support: A Survey With Pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women [2015]
• Brazil
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
    • Smoking and Adverse Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Brazil [2013]
  • Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
    • Activities of the healthcare team for women who smoke during pregnancy and the puerperium [2014]
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Smoking Reduction and Cessation Interventions for Pregnant Women and Mothers of Infants: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness [2017]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Tobacco Use in the Perinatal Period [2006]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Smoking during Pregnancy: Findings from the 2009–2010 Canadian Community Health Survey [2014]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy And Relapse After Childbirth In Canada
• China
  • Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy
    • Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and Interventions Among Pregnant Women in China: A Systematic Review [2015]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy
    • Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy
• Finland
  • BMJ Open
    • Changes in objectively measured smoking in pregnancy by time and legislative changes in Finland: a retrospective cohort study [2016]
• France
  • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
    • Smoking during pregnancy: a difficult problem to face. Results of a French multi-center study [2016]
• Iceland
  • European Journal of Public Health
    • Smoking and obesity among pregnant women in Iceland 2001–2010 [2015]
  • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
    • Smoking during pregnancy: Childbirth and Health Study in Primary Care in Iceland [2014]
• International
  • BMJ Open
    • Systematic critical review of previous economic evaluations of smoking cessation during pregnancy [2015]
  • Lancet Global Health
    • National, regional, and global prevalence of smoking during pregnancy in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2018]
• Netherlands
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Government supervision on quality of smoking-cessation counselling in midwifery practices: a qualitative exploration [2017]
• Sweden
  • European Journal of Public Health
    • Smoking during pregnancy among immigrants to Sweden, 1992–2008: the effects of secular trends and time since migration [2013]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Barriers to and facilitators of smoking cessation in pregnancy and following childbirth: literature review and qualitative study [2017]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Smoking: acute, maternity and mental health services [2013]
    • Smoking: stopping in pregnancy and after childbirth [2010]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Women’s Longitudinal Patterns of Smoking during the Pre-Conception, Pregnancy and Postnatal Period: Evidence from the UK Infant Feeding Survey [2016]
  • Population Health Metrics
    • Small area synthetic estimates of smoking prevalence during pregnancy in England [2015]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Behavioral Counseling and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women [2015]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy [2017]
  • American Journal of Health Promotion
    • Smoking is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers’ Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques [2013]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Smoking Prevalence and Cessation Before and During Pregnancy: Data From the Birth Certificate, 2014 [2016]
    • Tobacco Use and Pregnancy
  • Preventive Medicine
    • Nicotine replacement therapy and other interventions for pregnant smokers: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2009–2010 [2015]
  • Preventive Medicine Reports
    • Clinicians’ awareness of the Affordable Care Act mandate to provide comprehensive tobacco cessation treatment for pregnant women covered by Medicaid [2015]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions [2015]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO recommendations for the prevention and management of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure in pregnancy [2013]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Stillbirth, neonatal mortality

• Africa
  • WHO Regional Office for Africa
    • Neonatal mortality rate (NNMR) | African Health Observatory
• Australia
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    • Perinatal deaths in Australia 2013–2014 [2018]
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Stillbirth care
• Bangladesh
  • Global Health Action
    • The importance of intersectoral factors in promoting equity-oriented universal health coverage: a multilevel analysis of social determinants affecting neonatal infant and under-five mortality in Bangladesh [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • When, Where, and Why Are Babies Dying? Neonatal Death Surveillance and Review in Bangladesh [2016]
• Brazil
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Birth in Brazil survey: neonatal mortality, pregnancy and childbirth quality of care [2014]
  • Revista de Saúde Pública
    • Fetal deaths in Brazil: a systematic review [2015]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Supporting and communicating with families experiencing a perinatal loss [2018]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Perinatal Mortality [2017]
  • Statistics Canada
    • Live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths), by type of birth (single or multiple) [2018]
    • Live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths), by place of birth (hospital or non-hospital) [2018]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Support for mothers, fathers and families after perinatal death
    • Interventions for supporting parents’ decisions about autopsy after stillbirth
    • Interventions for investigating and identifying the causes of stillbirth
• Croatia
  • BioMed Research International
    • Perinatal Health Statistics as the Basis for Perinatal Quality Assessment in Croatia [2015]
• Developing countries
  • Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
    • A Meta-Analysis of Socio-Demographic Factors for Perinatal Mortality in Developing Countries: A Subgroup Analysis of the National Surveys and Small Scale Studies [2014]
  • Journal of Perinatology
    • When do newborns die? A systematic review of timing of overall and cause-specific neonatal deaths in developing countries [2016]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Public Health
    • Neonatal mortality in Ethiopia: trends and determinants [2013]
  • Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
    • Perinatal Mortality Trends in Ethiopia [2014]
  • Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology
    • Logistic regression analysis on the determinants of stillbirth in Ethiopia [2016]
• Europe
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth rates in Europe: measuring the gap using routine data from the Euro-Peristat Project [2016]
• Gambia
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • The large contribution of twins to neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in The Gambia, a 5-year prospective study [2016]
• Germany
  • Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Temporal trends in fetal mortality at and beyond term and induction of labor in Germany 2005–2012: data from German routine perinatal monitoring [2015]
    • Fetal mortality at and beyond term in singleton pregnancies in Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany 2004–2009 [2013]
• Ghana
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Determinants of stillbirths in Ghana: does quality of antenatal care matter? [2016]
• India
  • BMJ Open
    • Estimation of perinatal mortality rate for institutional births in Rajasthan state, India, using capture–recapture technique [2015]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Improving reporting of infant deaths, maternal deaths and stillbirths in Haryana, India [2016]
  • Journal of Perinatology
    • State of newborn health in India [2016]
• International
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Making stillbirths visible: a systematic review of globally reported causes of stillbirth [2017]
    • Optimising the International Classification of Diseases to identify the maternal condition in the case of perinatal death [2016]
    • Giving a voice to millions: developing the WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM [2016]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Seeking order amidst chaos: a systematic review of classification systems for causes of stillbirth and neonatal death, 2009–2014 [2016]
    • Evaluation of an international educational programme for health care professionals on best practice in the management of a perinatal death: IMproving Perinatal mortality Review and Outcomes Via Education (IMPROVE) [2016]
    • Classification systems for causes of stillbirth and neonatal death, 2009–2014: an assessment of alignment with characteristics for an effective global system [2016]
    • Counting every stillbirth and neonatal death through mortality audit to improve quality of care for every pregnant woman and her baby [2015]
    • Count every newborn; a measurement improvement roadmap for coverage data [2015]
  • BMJ
    • Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda [2015]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Community-based approaches for neonatal survival: meta-analyses of randomized trial data [2017]
    • Classifying the causes of perinatal death [2016]
    • Neonatal cause-of-death estimates for the early and late neonatal periods for 194 countries: 2000–2013 [2015]
  • Journal of Global Health
    • Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025 [2015]
  • Lancet
    • Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 [2016]
    • Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 [2014]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Neonatal Mortality Levels for 193 Countries in 2009 with Trends since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of Progress, Projections, and Priorities [2011]
  • United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
    • Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2017 [2017]
  • Vaccine
    • Neonatal death: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data [2016]
• Ireland
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Intrapartum fetal deaths and unexpected neonatal deaths in the Republic of Ireland: 2011 – 2014; a descriptive study [2018]
• Japan
  • Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
    • Recommendations for Preventing Stillbirth: A Regional Population-Based Study in Japan during 2007-2011 [2015]
• Latin America
  • Clinics
    • Neonatal Near Miss: the need for a standard definition and appropriate criteria and the rationale for a prospective surveillance system [2015]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Causes of and factors associated with stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review [2014]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Neonatal mortality within 24 hours of birth in six low- and lower-middle-income countries [2016]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Stillbirth rates in low-middle income countries 2010 - 2013: a population-based, multi-country study from the Global Network [2015]
• Low-income countries
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood
    • Perinatal interventions and survival in resource-poor settings: which work, which don’t, which have the jury out? [2010]
  • Journal of Perinatology
    • Home-based neonatal care by community health workers for preventing mortality in neonates in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review [2016]
• Malawi
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Obstetric Facility Quality and Newborn Mortality in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study [2016]
• Mexico
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • An ecological study of stillbirths in Mexico from 2000 to 2013 [2016]
• Moldova
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • The experience of the implementation of perinatal audit in Moldova [2014]
• Nepal
  • BMC Public Health
    • Neonatal health in Nepal: analysis of absolute and relative inequalities and impact of current efforts to reduce neonatal mortality [2013]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Fetal and Infant Deaths 2014 [2017]
• Nigeria
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • Trends in neonatal mortality in Nigeria and effects of bio-demographic and maternal characteristics [2015]
• Pakistan
  • BMC Public Health
    • Determinants of neonatal mortality in Pakistan: secondary analysis of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2006¿07 [2014]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Cross-National Systematic Review of Neonatal Mortality and Postnatal Newborn Care: Special Focus on Pakistan [2017]
• Peru
  • BMC Public Health
    • Examining national and district-level trends in neonatal health in Peru through an equity lens: a success story driven by political will and societal advocacy [2016]
• Philippines
  • PLoS ONE
    • Stagnant Neonatal Mortality and Persistent Health Inequality in Middle-Income Countries: A Case Study of the Philippines [2013]
• Portugal
  • International Journal of Pediatrics
    • Biodemographic Analysis of Factors Related to Perinatal Mortality in Portugal (1988–2011) [2016]
• Republic of Korea
  • Journal of Korean Medical Science
    • Risk Factors for Cause-specific Mortality of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants in the Korean Neonatal Network [2015]
    • Decreasing Trends of Neonatal and Infant Mortality Rates in Korea: Compared with Japan, USA, and OECD Nations [2011]
• South Africa
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Quality-of-care audits and perinatal mortality in South Africa [2015]
  • Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
    • Economic evaluations of interventions to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality: a review of the evidence in LMICs and its implications for South Africa [2016]
  • Department of Health South Africa
    • National perinatal mortality and morbidity committee triennial report (2008-2010) [2011]
  • Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology
    • Timing and cause of perinatal mortality for small-for-gestational-age babies in South Africa: critical periods and challenges with detection [2016]
• South Africa, United Kingdom
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM: results from pilot database testing in South Africa and United Kingdom [2016]
    • Application of ICD-PM to preterm-related neonatal deaths in the UK and South Africa [2016]
• South Asia
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Perinatal Mortality in South Asia: Systematic Review of Observational Studies [2018]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Variation in neonatal mortality and its relation to country characteristics in sub-Saharan Africa: an ecological study [2017]
• Sudan
  • BMC Public Health
    • Neonatal mortality in Sudan: analysis of the Sudan household survey, 2010 [2013]
• Switzerland
  • BMJ Open
    • Retrospective cohort study of all deaths among infants born between 22 and 27 completed weeks of gestation in Switzerland over a 3-year period [2017]
• Turkey
  • Central European Journal of Public Health
    • Recent Declines in Infant and Neonatal Mortality in Turkey from 2007 to 2012: Impact of Improvements in Health Policies [2016]
• Uganda
  • Health Research Policy and Systems
    • Applying a system dynamics modelling approach to explore policy options for improving neonatal health in Uganda [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Marvellous to mediocre: findings of national survey of UK practice and provision of care in pregnancies after stillbirth or neonatal death [2016]
    • Exploring the intangible economic costs of stillbirth [2015]
    • A structured review and exploration of the healthcare costs associated with stillbirth and a subsequent pregnancy in England and Wales [2013]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Late Intrauterine Fetal Death and Stillbirth [2010]
  • Royal College of Pathologists
    • Guidelines on autopsy practice: Third trimester antepartum and intrapartum stillbirth [2017]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Standard Terminology for Fetal, Infant, and Perinatal Deaths [2016]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Birth weight differences between preterm stillbirths and live births: analysis of population-based studies from the U.S. and Sweden [2012]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Fetal and Perinatal Mortality: United States, 2013 [2015]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Stillbirth Classification—Developing an International Consensus for Research: Executive Summary of a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Workshop [2009]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Reaching the every newborn national 2020 milestones [2017]
    • The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM [2016]
    • Newborns: reducing mortality [2016]
    • Making every baby count: audit and review of stillbirths and neonatal deaths [2016]
    • Levels and trends in child mortality 2015 [2015]
    • Maternal complications and perinatal mortality: findings of the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health [2014]
    • Every Newborn: an action plan to end preventable deaths [2014]
    • National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995 [2011]
    • Neonatal and perinatal mortality: country, regional and global estimates 2004 [2007]
    • The neglected tragedy of stillbirths
• Zambia
  • Pan African Medical Journal
    • Factors associated with neonatal mortality in the general population: evidence from the 2007 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS); a cross sectional study [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Miscarriage

Substance-related disorders in pregnancy

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Managing opioid dependence in pregnancy – a general practice perspective [2013]
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Guidelines for the Management of Substance Use During Pregnancy Birth and the Postnatal Period [2014]
    • Neonatal abstinence syndrome guidelines [2013]
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Perinatal substance use: neonatal
    • Perinatal substance use: maternal
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • The Diagnosis and Treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines [2017]
    • Cannabis Use During Pregnancy: Safety [2017]
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Managing infants born to mothers who have used opioids during pregnancy [2018]
  • Paediatrics & Child Health
    • Variations and similarities in clinical management of neonatal abstinence syndrome: Findings of a Canadian survey [2017]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Sedatives for opiate withdrawal in newborn infants
    • Psychosocial interventions for pregnant women in outpatient illicit drug treatment programs compared to other interventions
    • Opiate treatment for opiate withdrawal in newborn infants
    • Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate dependent pregnant women
    • Effects of restricted caffeine intake by mother on fetal, neonatal and pregnancy outcome
• United States of America, Australia
  • Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment
    • Managing Maternal Substance Use in the Perinatal Period: Current Concerns and Treatment Approaches in the United States and Australia [2016]
• United States of America
  • Academy of BreastFeeding Medicine
    • Guidelines for Breastfeeding and Substance Use or Substance Use Disorder, Revised 2015 [2015]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Marijuana Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Implications for Neonatal and Childhood Outcomes [2018]
    • A Public Health Response to Opioid Use in Pregnancy [2017]
    • Neonatal Drug Withdrawal [2016]
    • Prenatal Substance Abuse: Short- and Long-term Effects on the Exposed Fetus [2013]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy [2017]
    • Marijuana Use During Pregnancy and Lactation [2017]
    • Alcohol Abuse and Other Substance Use Disorders: Ethical Issues in Obstetric and Gynecologic Practice [2015]
    • Substance Abuse Reporting and Pregnancy: The Role of the Obstetrician-Gynecologist [2011]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • CDC Grand Rounds: Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome [2017]
    • Incidence of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome — 28 States, 1999–2013 [2016]
  • Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports
    • Caring for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder in the USA: Expanding and Improving Treatment [2016]
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
    • Treating Women Who Are Pregnant and Parenting for Opioid Use Disorder and the Concurrent Care of Their Infants and Children: Literature Review to Support National Guidance [2017]
  • Journal of Perinatology
    • Increasing Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: United States 2009-2012 [2015]
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    • A Collaborative Approach to the Treatment of Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorders [2016]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy [2014]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology

Thyroid diseases in pregnancy

• Asia
  • Endocrine Journal
    • Screening and management of hypothyroidism in pregnancy: Results of an Asian survey [2014]
    • Management of hyperthyroidism during pregnancy in Asia [2014]
• Australia
  • Clinical Biochemist Reviews
    • Reporting Thyroid Function Tests in Pregnancy [2015]
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • Iodine supplementation for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women [2010]
• Brazil
  • Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Management of gestational hypothyroidism: results of a Brazilian survey [2015]
  • Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
    • The Brazilian consensus for the clinical approach and treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism in adults: recommendations of the thyroid Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism [2013]
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Routine Prenatal Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Testing: Evidence-Based Guidelines [2016]
• China
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • Gestational TSH and FT4 Reference Intervals in Chinese Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2018]
  • International Journal of Endocrinology
    • Trimester- and Assay-Specific Thyroid Reference Intervals for Pregnant Women in China [2016]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Screening and subsequent management for thyroid dysfunction pre-pregnancy and during pregnancy for improving maternal and infant health
    • Iodine supplementation for women during the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum period
• Egypt
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Comparison of universal and targeted screening for thyroid dysfunction in pregnant Egyptian women [2014]
• Europe
  • European Thyroid Association
    • 2014 European Thyroid Association Guidelines for the Management of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy and in Children [2014]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Prevalence of hypothyroidism in pregnancy: An epidemiological study from 11 cities in 9 states of India [2016]
    • Subclinical hypothyroidism in the first trimester of pregnancy in North India [2013]
• International
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Management of subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy: are we too simplistic? [2015]
  • European Thyroid Journal
    • Iodine Supplementation in Pregnancy and the Dilemma of Ambiguous Recommendations [2016]
• Iran
  • International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Prevalent Practices of Thyroid Diseases During Pregnancy Among Endocrinologists, Internists and General Practitioners [2015]
  • International Journal of Fertility & Sterility
    • Prevalence of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnant Women in Tehran-Iran [2014]
• Latin America
  • Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
    • An international survey of screening and management of hypothyroidism during pregnancy in Latin America [2014]
• Pakistan
  • Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Thyroid disorders in pregnancy: An overview of literature from Pakistan [2013]
• Poland
  • Thyroid Research
    • Iodine prophylaxis in pregnant women in Poland - where we are? (update 2015) [2015]
• Republic of Korea
  • Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
    • Reference intervals of thyroid hormones during pregnancy in Korea, an iodine-replete area [2018]
• United Arab Emirates
  • Practical Laboratory Medicine
    • Trimester specific reference ranges for serum TSH and Free T4 among United Arab Emirates pregnant women [2018]
• United States of America
  • American Thyroid Association
    • 2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and the Postpartum [2017]
  • Archives of Iranian Medicine
    • Comparison of two guidelines on management of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer during pregnancy [2014]
  • BMJ
    • Thyroid hormone treatment among pregnant women with subclinical hypothyroidism: US national assessment [2017]
  • Endocrine Society
    • Management of Thyroid Dysfunction during Pregnancy and Postpartum: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline [2012]
  • Hormones
    • Comparison of the American Thyroid Association with the Endocrine Society practice guidelines for the screening and treatment of hypothyroidism during pregnancy [2014]
  • Journal of Thyroid Research
    • Management of Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody Euthyroid Women in Pregnancy: Comparison of the American Thyroid Association and the Endocrine Society Guidelines [2013]
    • Management of Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy: Comparison of Recommendations of American Thyroid Association and Endocrine Society [2013]
  • Nutrients
    • History of U.S. Iodine Fortification and Supplementation [2012]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Neonatal thyroid disorders

Trauma in pregnancy

• Australia
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Trauma in Pregnancy
• Turkey
  • Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association
    • Pregnancy and trauma: analysis of 139 cases [2012]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Obstetrics, perinatology