Society guideline links: Anticoagulation in pregnancy

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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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Anticoagulation" and "Society guideline links: Superficial vein thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism" and "Society guideline links: Antiphospholipid syndrome".)

Links to guidelines related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Anticoagulation".)

International

●International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH): Guidance for the management of direct oral anticoagulants in women of childbearing potential (2016)

●Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (GTH): Position paper for treatment of pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism (2016)

Canada

●Thrombosis Canada: Pregnancy and thrombosis

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline on venous thromboembolism and antithrombotic therapy in pregnancy (2014)

United States

●American Heart Association (AHA): A scientific statement on cardiovascular considerations in caring for pregnant patients (2020)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on inherited thrombophilias in pregnancy (2018)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin on thromboembolism in pregnancy (2018)

●American Society of Hematology (ASH): Guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism – Venous thromboembolism in the context of pregnancy (2018)

●Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP): Consensus statement on the anesthetic management of pregnant and postpartum women receiving thromboprophylaxis or higher dose anticoagulants (2018)

●American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST): Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis, 9th edition – VTE, thrombophilia, antithrombotic therapy, and pregnancy (2012)

Europe

●European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS): 2019 Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism (published 2020)

●ESC: Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy (2018)

United Kingdom

●Choosing Wisely UK: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) ─ Aspirin is not recommended as a way of reducing the chances of pregnant women developing blood clots (thromboprophylaxis) (2016)

●RCOG: Green-top guideline for reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the puerperium (2015)

Australia–New Zealand

●Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ): Recommendations for the prevention of pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism (2011)

●SOMANZ and Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (THANZ): Recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy and the postpartum period (2011)