Antenatal care for healthy pregnant women: A mapping of interventions from existing guidelines to inform the development of new WHO guidance on antenatal care

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 519-528

  Abalos, E ^a   Chamillard, M ^a   Diaz, V ^a   Tuncalp, O ^b   Gulmezoglu A M ^b  

^a Centro Rosarinos de Estudios Perinatales (CREP)   (Argentina)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; guidelines; pregnancy; routine care; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CLINICAL INTERVENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84959472806     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13820     Document Type: Review

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