Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Prenatal screening and diagnosis

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

 

Amniocentesis, chorionic villi sampling

• Cuba
  • MEDICC Review
    • Antenatal cytogenetic testing in Havana, Cuba [2014]
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Guidelines for Amniocentesis and Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) [2009]
• International
  • International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • ISUOG Practice Guidelines: invasive procedures for prenatal diagnosis [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
    • Pregnancy Loss Following Amniocentesis or CVS Sampling—Time for a Reassessment of Risk [2014]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling [2010]
    • Amniocentesis (Consent Advice) [2006]
• United States of America
  • Association for Molecular Pathology
    • Laboratory Guidelines for Detection, Interpretation, and Reporting of Maternal Cell Contamination in Prenatal Analyses [2011]
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Cystic fibrosis: prenatal screening and diagnosis

• Cuba
  • MEDICC Review
    • Antenatal testing for cystic fibrosis in Cuba, 1988-2011 [2014]
• Europe
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
    • The improvement of the best practice guidelines for preimplantation genetic diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: toward an international consensus [2016]
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
    • Benchmarks for Cystic Fibrosis carrier screening: A European consensus document [2010]
• United Kingdom
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
    • Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis for cystic fibrosis: detection of paternal mutations, exploration of patient preferences and cost analysis [2015]
• United States of America
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Update on Carrier Screening for Cystic Fibrosis [2011]
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  • Guidelines
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Cystic fibrosis

Down syndrome: prenatal screening and diagnosis

• Australia
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Non-invasive prenatal testing for Down syndrome [2014]
• Canada
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Management of Pregnancies Diagnosed with Down Syndrome [2018]
• Denmark
  • BMJ
    • Impact of a new national screening policy for Down's syndrome in Denmark: population based cohort study [2009]
  • JMIR Research Protocols
    • Informed Choice for Participation in Down Syndrome Screening: Development and Content of a Web-Based Decision Aid [2015]
• Netherlands
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Reasons for accepting or declining Down syndrome screening in Dutch prospective mothers within the context of national policy and healthcare system characteristics: a qualitative study [2016]
• New Zealand
  • National Screening Unit
    • Antenatal Screening for Down Syndrome and Other Conditions
• Slovenia
  • PLoS ONE
    • Impact of prenatal screening on the prevalence of Down syndrome in Slovenia [2017]
• United Kingdom
  • Public Health England
    • Twin pregnancies: second trimester screening for Down’s syndrome
    • Down's syndrome screening: risk calculation software requirements
    • Down's syndrome screening: recording data for DQASS
• United States of America
  • International Journal of Women's Health
    • Noninvasive screening tools for Down syndrome: a review [2013]
  • PLOS Biology
    • Chloe’s Law: A Powerful Legislative Movement Challenging a Core Ethical Norm of Genetic Testing [2015]
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome: a systematic review of termination rates (1995–2011) [2012]

Fragile X syndrome: prenatal screening and diagnosis

• Europe
  • European Molecular Genetics Quality Network
    • EMQN best practice guidelines for the molecular genetic testing and reporting of fragile X syndrome and other fragile X-associated disorders [2014]
• India
  • Indian Academy of Pediatrics
    • Consensus Statement of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics on Diagnosis and Management of Fragile X Syndrome in India [2019]
• United Kingdom
  • Genes
    • Development of Genetic Testing for Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders, and Estimates of the Prevalence of FMR1 Expansion Mutations [2016]
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  • Guidelines
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis

Maternal blood screening, non-invasive prenatal testing

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Non-invasive prenatal testing [2017]
  • Medical Services Advisory Committee
    • Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) [2018]
• Brazil
  • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
    • Use of cell-free fetal nucleic acids in maternal blood for prenatal diagnosis: the reality of this scenario in Brazil [2012]
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Non-invasive Prenatal Testing: A Review of the Cost Effectiveness and Guidelines [2014]
  • Health Quality Ontario
    • Perspectives of Pregnant People and Clinicians on Noninvasive Prenatal Testing: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-synthesis [2019]
    • Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Trisomies 21, 18, and 13, Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies, and Microdeletions: A Health Technology Assessment [2019]
• China
  • Intractable & Rare Diseases Research
    • Noninvasive prenatal testing in China: Future detection of rare genetic diseases? [2014]
• Denmark
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Potential diagnostic consequences of applying non-invasive prenatal testing: population-based study from a country with existing first-trimester screening [2014]
• Europe
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
    • Recommended practice for laboratory reporting of non-invasive prenatal testing of trisomies 13, 18 and 21: a consensus opinion [2017]
• Europe, United States of America
  • European Society of Human Genetics
    • Non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy and beyond: challenges of responsible innovation in prenatal screening [2015]
• International
  • International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • ISUOG updated consensus statement on the impact of cfDNA aneuploidy testing on screening policies and prenatal ultrasound practice [2017]
    • ISUOG consensus statement on the impact of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) on prenatal ultrasound practice [2014]
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
    • Global perspectives on clinical adoption of NIPT [2015]
• Italy
  • Ministero della Salute
    • Guidelines DNA-based Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing - NIPT [2015]
• Sweden
  • Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Analysis of foetal DNA in the woman's blood: non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for trisomy 13, 18 and 21 [2016]
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Analysis of Fetal DNA in Maternal Blood: Non-Invasive Fetal Diagnostic Tests for Blood Group and Sex Determination [2012]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Non-invasive Prenatal Testing for Chromosomal Abnormality using Maternal Plasma DNA [2014]
• United States of America
  • AJP Reports
    • Obstetrician and Gynecologist Utilization of the Noninvasive Prenatal Testing Expanded Option [2015]
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
    • Diagnostic cytogenetic testing following positive noninvasive prenatal screening results: a clinical laboratory practice resource of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) [2017]
    • Noninvasive prenatal screening for fetal aneuploidy, 2016 update: a position statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics [2016]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Cell-free DNA Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • An Economic Analysis of Cell-Free DNA Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing in the US General Pregnancy Population [2015]
    • A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of First Trimester Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Trisomies in the United States [2015]
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
    • Commercial Landscape of noninvasive prenatal testing in the United States [2013]
    • Best Ethical Practices for Clinicians and Laboratories in the Provision of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing [2013]
  • Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    • SMFM Statement: clarification of recommendations regarding cell-free DNA aneuploidy screening [2015]
    • #36: Prenatal aneuploidy screening using cell-free DNA [2015]
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Preimplantation diagnosis

• Australia
  • Medical Services Advisory Committee
    • Protocol to guide the assessment of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis [2014]
• Brazil
  • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
    • Practices and ethical concerns regarding preimplantation diagnosis. Who regulates preimplantation genetic diagnosis in Brazil? [2014]
• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Technical Update: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening [2015]
• Europe
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 22: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis [2014]
    • ESHRE PGD consortium best practice guidelines for organization of a PGD centre for PGD/preimplantation genetic screening [2011]
    • ESHRE PGD consortium best practice guidelines for fluorescence in situ hybridization-based PGD [2011]
    • ESHRE PGD Consortium/Embryology Special Interest Group—best practice guidelines for polar body and embryo biopsy for preimplantation genetic diagnosis/screening (PGD/PGS) [2011]
  • Human Reproduction
    • Providing preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Germany: a comparative in-depth analysis of health-care access [2009]
• Europe, United States of America
  • Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online
    • Comparative preimplantation genetic diagnosis policy in Europe and the USA and its implications for reproductive tourism [2016]
• New Zealand
  • Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology
    • Guidelines on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis with Human Leucocyte Antigen Tissue Typing [2014]
• Saudi Arabia
  • Bioinformation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis in Saudi Arabia [2013]
• United Kingdom
  • NHS England
    • Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) [2014]
  • UK Parliament
    • Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis [2013]
  • Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee
    • Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) [2014]
• United States of America
  • AMA Journal of Ethics
    • Who Should Regulate Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the United States? [2018]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Preimplantation Genetic Testing [2020]
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • The use of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A): a committee opinion [2018]
    • Use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for serious adult onset conditions: a committee opinion [2013]
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    • Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques
    • Assisted reproductive techniques

Prenatal screening and diagnosis

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Decreased fetal movements: a practical approach in a primary care setting [2014]
    • Antenatal screening – the first and second trimester [2011]
  • Department of Health Australia
    • Fetal chromosomal anomalies [2018]
  • Medical Services Advisory Committee
    • Obstetric MRI [2018]
  • Queensland Clinical Guidelines
    • Fetal movements
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
    • Pregnancy Screening Strategies for Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine: Survey Results from Australia and New Zealand [2013]
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Genetic carrier screening [2019]
    • Prenatal screening and diagnostic testing for fetal chromosomal and genetic conditions [2018]
• Canada
  • British Columbia Medical Journal
    • Prenatal screening options in British Columbia [2018]
  • Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
    • Practice guideline: joint CCMG-SOGC recommendations for the use of chromosomal microarray analysis for prenatal diagnosis and assessment of fetal loss in Canada [2018]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Maternal age–based prenatal screening for chromosomal disorders [2013]
    • Prenatal genetic counseling in cross-cultural medicine: A framework for family physicians [2010]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome, Trisomy 18, and Open Neural Tube Defects [2019]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Fetal Health Surveillance: Antepartum Consensus Guideline [2018]
    • Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy in Singleton Pregnancies [2017]
    • Joint SOGC-CCMG Guideline: Update on Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy, Fetal Anomalies, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes [2017]
    • Amniotic Fluid: Technical Update on Physiology and Measurement [2017]
    • Joint SOGC–CCMG Opinion for Reproductive Genetic Carrier Screening: An Update for All Canadian Providers of Maternity and Reproductive Healthcare in the Era of Direct-to-Consumer Testing [2016]
    • Prenatal Diagnosis Procedures and Techniques to Obtain a Diagnostic Fetal Specimen or Tissue: Maternal and Fetal Risks and Benefits [2015]
    • The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Obstetric Patient [2014]
• Cuba
  • Journal of Community Genetics
    • SCA2 predictive testing in Cuba: challenging concepts and protocol evolution [2015]
• Europe
  • EUROCAT
    • Prenatal Screening Policies in Europe [2010]
  • European Molecular Genetics Quality Network
    • EMQN/CMGS best practice guidelines for the molecular genetic testing of Huntington disease [2013]
  • European Society of Human Genetics
    • Recommendations for reporting results of diagnostic genetic testing (biochemical, cytogenetic and molecular genetic) [2014]
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Guidelines on Prediction of High Risk Pregnancies [2011]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research
    • Prenatal screening for genetic disorders: Suggested guidelines for the Indian Scenario [2017]
    • Invasive & non-invasive approaches for prenatal diagnosis of haemoglobinopathies: Experiences from India [2011]
• International
  • Intergrowth-21st
    • The INTERGROWTH-21st fetal growth standards: toward the global integration of pregnancy and pediatric care [2018]
  • International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis
    • Joint Position Statement from the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis (ISPD), the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM), and the Perinatal Quality Foundation (PQF) on the use of genome-wide sequencing for fetal diagnosis [2018]
    • Position Statement from the Chromosome Abnormality Screening Committee on Behalf of the ISPD Board of Directors [2015]
  • International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • ISUOG Practice Guidelines: performance of fetal magnetic resonance imaging [2017]
• Italy
  • Società Italiana di Genetica Umana
    • Microarray application in prenatal diagnosis: a position statement from the cytogenetics working group of the Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU) [2012]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • World Health Organization
    • Community genetics services : report of a WHO consultation on community genetics in low- and middle-income countries [2011]
• Republic of Korea, Germany
  • Development & Reproduction
    • Legislation on Genetic Diagnosis: Comparison of South Korea and Germany [2015]
• Sweden
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Prenatal diagnosis in Sweden 2011 to 2013—a register-based study [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
    • Vision Amniotic Leak Detector (ALD) to Eliminate Amniotic Fluid Leakage as a Cause of Vaginal Wetness in Pregnancy: A NICE Medical Technology Guidance [2015]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Evaluation of the quality of guidelines for the management of reduced fetal movements in UK maternity units [2015]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • MRI in the diagnosis of fetal developmental brain abnormalities: the MERIDIAN diagnostic accuracy study [2019]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Vision Amniotic Leak Detector to assess unexplained vaginal wetness in pregnancy [2013]
    • Fetal cystoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of lower urinary outflow tract obstruction [2007]
  • Public Health England
    • NHS fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP)
    • First trimester fetal anomaly screening: trisomy 18 and trisomy 13
    • Fetal anomaly screening: providing services
    • Fetal anomaly screening: programme handbook
    • Fetal anomaly screening: care pathways
    • Fetal anomaly screening programme: standards
    • Fetal anomaly screening laboratory handbook: Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes
    • Antenatal and newborn screening: quality assurance procedures
    • Antenatal and newborn screening: laboratory quality assurance
  • Public Health Wales
    • Antenatal Screening Wales
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • The Combined Use of Ultrasound and Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging for a Comprehensive Fetal Neurological Assessment in Fetal Congenital Cardiac Defects [2019]
    • Diagnostic Biomarkers for Predicting Adverse Early Pregnancy Outcomes [2018]
    • Reduced Fetal Movements [2011]
  • Royal College of Pathologists
    • Recommendations for the use of chromosome microarray in pregnancy [2015]
• United States of America
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
    • ACMG position statement on prenatal/ preconception expanded carrier screening [2013]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Access to Genetic Testing [2018]
    • Methods for Estimating the Due Date [2017]
    • Management of Suboptimally Dated Pregnancies [2017]
    • Guidelines for Diagnostic Imaging During Pregnancy and Lactation [2017]
    • Counseling About Genetic Testing and Communication of Genetic Test Results [2017]
    • Carrier Screening in the Age of Genomic Medicine [2017]
    • Carrier Screening for Genetic Conditions [2017]
    • Microarrays and Next-Generation Sequencing Technology: The Use of Advanced Genetic Diagnostic Tools in Obstetrics and Gynecology [2016]
    • Identification and Referral of Maternal Genetic Conditions in Pregnancy [2015]
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
    • ACOG and SMFM guidelines for prenatal diagnosis: Is karyotyping really sufficient? [2018]
  • Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    • The role of ultrasound in women who undergo cell-free DNA screening [2017]
    • The use of chromosomal microarray for prenatal diagnosis [2016]
    • Fetal blood sampling [2013]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO recommendation on symphysis-fundal height measurement [2016]
    • WHO recommendation on routine antenatal cardiotocography [2016]
    • WHO recommendation on daily fetal movement counting [2016]
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  • Guidelines
    • Prenatal ultrasound
    • Preimplantation diagnosis
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Neonatal screening
    • Maternal blood screening, non-invasive prenatal testing
    • Fragile X syndrome: prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology
    • Down syndrome: prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Cystic fibrosis: prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Amniocentesis, chorionic villi sampling

Prenatal ultrasound

• Australia
  • Department of Health Australia
    • Gestational age [2018]
    • Fetal development and anatomy [2018]
    • Guidelines for the use of ultrasound in the management of obstetric conditions [2007]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
    • Normal Ultrasonic Fetal Measurements Standard [2018]
    • Guidelines for the performance of second(mid) trimester US [2018]
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Prenatal assessment of fetal structural conditions [2018]
• Brazil
  • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
    • What is the role of routine ultrasonography performed in the first trimester of low-risk pregnancy? [2017]
• Canada
  • Accelerating Change Transformation Team
    • Third Trimester Fetal Well-Being Studies [2018]
    • Second Trimester Detailed Anatomic Study [2018]
    • Gestational Age by Ultrasound [2014]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Factors associated with the timing of the first prenatal ultrasound in Canada [2019]
  • Canadian Association of Radiologists
    • Ultrasound - Performing Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations [2010]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Ultrasound Assessments
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Joint SOGC/CAR Policy Statement on Non-medical Use of Fetal Ultrasound [2019]
    • Obstetric Ultrasound Biological Effects and Safety [2018]
    • Technical Update: The Role of Early Comprehensive Fetal Anatomy Ultrasound Examination [2017]
    • Content of a Complete Routine Second Trimester Obstetrical Ultrasound Examination and Report [2017]
    • Ultrasound Evaluation of First Trimester Complications of Pregnancy [2016]
    • Determination of Gestational Age by Ultrasound [2014]
• India
  • Journal of Fetal Medicine
    • Society of Fetal Medicine Practice Guidelines for the Second Trimester Anomalies Scan [2014]
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India
    • Guidelines on use of Ultrasonography during Pregnancy [2016]
• International
  • Intergrowth-21st
    • International standards for early fetal size and pregnancy dating based on ultrasound measurement of crown–rump length in the first trimester of pregnancy [2014]
    • Ultrasound methodology used to construct the fetal growth standards in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project [2013]
    • Statistical considerations for the development of prescriptive fetal and newborn growth standards in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project [2013]
    • Standardisation of crown–rump length measurement [2013]
    • Standardisation and quality control of ultrasound measurements taken in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project [2013]
    • Managing data for the international, multicentre INTERGROWTH-21st Project [2013]
    • Fetal biometry: how well can offline measurements from three-dimensional volumes substitute real-time two-dimensional measurements? [2013]
    • Estimation of gestational age in early pregnancy from crown-rump length when gestational age range is truncated: the case study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project [2013]
    • Conceptual basis for prescriptive growth standards from conception to early childhood: present and future [2013]
  • International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • ISUOG Practice Guidelines: ultrasound assessment of fetal biometry and growth [2019]
    • ISUOG Education Committee recommendations for basic training in obstetric and gynecological ultrasound [2014]
    • ISUOG Practice Guidelines: use of Doppler ultrasonography in obstetrics [2013]
    • ISUOG Practice Guidelines: performance of first-trimester fetal ultrasound scan [2013]
    • ISUOG Practice Guidelines (updated): sonographic screening examination of the fetal heart [2013]
    • Practice guidelines for performance of the routine mid-trimester fetal ultrasound scan [2011]
    • Statements & Guidelines
  • PLoS Medicine
    • The World Health Organization Fetal Growth Charts: A Multinational Longitudinal Study of Ultrasound Biometric Measurements and Estimated Fetal Weight [2017]
• Ireland
  • Irish Medical Journal
    • Maternity Ultrasound in the Republic of Ireland 2016; A Review [2017]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • New Zealand Obstetric Ultrasound Guidelines [2019]
• Nigeria
  • Pan African Medical Journal
    • Fetal nuchal translucency scan in Nigeria [2014]
• Norway
  • Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
    • Flawed recommendation issued by the Norwegian Directorate of Health concerning the determination of fetal age [2015]
• Republic of Korea
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
    • 2014 First-trimester ultrasound forum from the Korean Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology [2015]
• Sweden
  • Reproductive Health
    • Adherence to Swedish national pregnancy dating guidelines and management of discrepancies between pregnancy dating methods: a survey study [2019]
• Taiwan
  • Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • A survey of current use, dilemma and outlook of antenatal ultrasonography in Taiwan [2019]
• United Kingdom
  • Public Health England
    • Fetal anomaly screening: ultrasound practitioners handbook
    • Early pregnancy scan: brief description
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Ultrasound from Conception to 10+0 Weeks of Gestation [2015]
  • Society of Radiographers
    • NHS obstetric ultrasound examinations. Guidance on sale of images, fetal sexing, commercial considerations and requests to record [2019]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
    • Obstetric Ultrasound Examination (Position Paper) [2018]
  • American College of Radiology
    • Assessment of Fetal Well-Being
    • ACR–ACOG–AIUM–SMFM–SRU Practice Parameter for the Performance of Standard Diagnostic Obstetrical Ultrasound
  • American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
    • AIUM Practice Guideline for the Performance of Fetal Echocardiography [2013]
  • Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    • SMFM Fetal Anomalies Consult Series #1: Facial Anomalies [2019]
    • Paramedian Orofacial Cleft [2019]
    • Micrognathia [2019]
    • Median Facial Cleft [2019]
    • Hypotelorism [2019]
    • Hypertelorism [2019]
    • Anophthalmia and Microphthalmia [2019]
    • Absent nasal bone [2019]
  • Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
    • Normal and Abnormal US Findings in Early First-Trimester Pregnancy: Review of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound 2012 Consensus Panel Recommendations [2015]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience: ultrasound examination [2018]
    • WHO recommendation on routine Doppler ultrasound examination in antenatal care [2016]
    • WHO recommendation on early ultrasound in pregnancy [2016]
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    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis