Society guideline links: Fetal surveillance

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG): Practice guidelines for the use of Doppler velocimetry in obstetrics (2021)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't do electronic fetal monitoring for low risk women in labour; use intermittent auscultation (updated 2019)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform umbilical artery Doppler studies as a routine screening test in uncomplicated pregnancies with normal fetal growth (updated 2019)

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)/Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR): Joint policy statement on non-medical use of fetal ultrasound (2014, reaffirmed 2019)

●SOGC: Guideline for maintaining standards in antenatal and intrapartum fetal surveillance – Quality improvement and risk management (2007, reaffirmed 2018)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria assessment of fetal well-being (2016)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't perform prenatal ultrasounds for non-medical purposes, for example, solely to create keepsake videos or photographs (2016)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin for antepartum fetal surveillance (2014)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin for the management of intrapartum fetal heart tracings (2010)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin for intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring – Nomenclature, interpretation, and general management principles (2009)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on fetal monitoring in labour (2022)

●Choosing Wisely UK: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) – Electronic monitoring of a baby's heart should not be offered routinely during labour unless the mother is at a higher risk of complications than normal (2016)

Australia-New Zealand

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Clinical guideline for intrapartum fetal surveillance, 4th edition (2019)