Summary
Details
- Preconception care
- Prenatal care
- Routine testing
- Additional tests to consider
- Ultrasonography
- Screening for genetic abnormalities
- Screening for neural tube defects (NTD)
- Screening for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
- Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus
- Screening for group B streptococcus (GBS)
- Rho (D) immune globulin administration
- Diagnosis and treatment of anemia in pregnancy
- Obesity
- Management of post-term pregnancy
Contributors
Authors
Mary E. D'Alton, MD
Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York
NY
Disclosures
MED declares that she is a member of the advisory boards for Merck for Mothers and March for Moms, as well as a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards for Maven and Johnson and Johnson.
Russell S. Miller, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York
NY
Disclosures
RSM declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
Dr Mary E. D'Alton and Dr Russell S. Miller would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Linda M. Szymanski and Dr Jessica L. Bienstock, the previous contributors to this topic.
Disclosures
LMS and JLB declare that they have no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Chris Chisholm, MD
Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville
VA
Disclosures
CC declares that he has no competing interests.
Eva Pressman, MD
Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester
NY
Disclosures
EP declares that she has no competing interests.
Jan Dickinson, MBBS(WA), MD, FRANZCOG, DDU, CMFM
Professor Maternal Fetal Medicine
School of Women's and Infants' Health
The University of Western Australia
Perth
Western Australia
Australia
Disclosures
JD declares that she has no competing interests.
Greg Ofili, FRCOG
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Wishaw General Hospital
Netherton Wishaw
UK
Disclosures
GO declares that he has no competing interests.
References
Key articles
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG committee opinion no. 762: prepregnancy counseling. Jan 2019 [internet publication].Full text
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Antenatal care. Aug 2021 [internet publication].Full text
Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. Practice bulletin no. 175: ultrasound in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Dec;128(6):e241-56.
ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletin. ACOG practice bulletin no. 226: screening for fetal chromosomal abnormalities. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Oct;136(4):e48-69. Abstract
Reference articles
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