Society guideline links: Periviable birth

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.

The recommendations in the following guidelines may vary from those that appear in UpToDate topic reviews. Readers who are looking for UpToDate topic reviews should use the UpToDate search box to find the relevant content.

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on antenatal counseling regarding resuscitation and intensive care before 25 weeks of gestation (2015, reaffirmed 2022)

●American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): Obstetric Care Consensus – Periviable birth, interim update (2017, reaffirmed 2019)

United Kingdom

●British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM): Perinatal management of extreme preterm birth before 27 weeks of gestation – A framework for practice (2019)