Routine prenatal care

Last reviewed: 12 Nov 2024
Last updated: 27 Sep 2024

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
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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.

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