Clinical practice guidelines in obstetric medicine

SOGC CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Fetal Soft Markers in Obstetric Ultrasound

Objective: To evaluate ultrasound “soft markers” used in fetal genetic screening. Options: Ultrasound screening at 16 to 20 weeks is one of the most common genetic screening and (or) diagnostic tests used during pregnancy. The practical concern for ultrasound screening is false-positive and false-negative (missed or not present) results. The use and understanding of ultrasound soft markers and ...

Practice Guidelines for Obstetric Anesthesia

1 February 2016 P RACTICE guidelines are systematically developed recommendations that assist the practitioner and patient in making decisions about health care. These recommendations may be adopted, modified, or rejected according to the clinical needs and constraints and are not intended to replace local institutional policies. In addition, practice guidelines developed by the American Societ...

Practice Guidelines for Obstetric Anesthesia

The pain of childbirth is one of the most severe types of pain a woman will endure in her lifetime. Conflicting ideas about pain relief from childbirth pain were rooted in the bible and continued throughout the middle ages and Renaissance. “In Sorrow thou shalt bring forth children” (Genesis 3:16). Fifteenth century midwives were burned at the stake for offering pain relief during labor. The mo...

Pediatric Newborn Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines

Pediatric Newborn Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines