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

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Maternal heart rate artefact during intrapartum fetal health surveillance, technical update (2022)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't do electronic fetal monitoring for low risk women in labour; use intermittent auscultation (updated 2021)

●SOGC: Guideline on point of care ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology (2021)

●SOGC: Intrapartum consensus guideline on fetal health surveillance (2020)

United States

●Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN): Antepartum and intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring – Clinical competencies and education guide, 7th edition (2022)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on antepartum fetal surveillance (2021)

●ACOG and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): Committee opinion on indications for outpatient antenatal fetal surveillance (2021)

●AWHONN: Position statement on fetal heart monitoring (2018)

●AWHONN: Practice monograph on fetal heart rate auscultation, 3rd edition (2018)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin for the management of intrapartum fetal heart rate 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 on intrapartum fetal surveillance, 4th edition (2019)

●Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (Stillbirth CRE), and Stillbirth Foundation Australia (SFA): Clinical practice guideline for the care of women with decreased fetal movements (2017)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG): Obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice guidelines – Obstetrics edition (2023)

●[In English] JSOG and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Guidelines for obstetrical practice in Japan, 2020 edition (published 2023)