Cochrane Reviews

• Treatments for iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Prophylactic versus selective blood transfusion for sickle cell anemia during pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Iron supplementation in pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Iron and folate supplementation in pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• Significance of an abnormally low or high hemoglobin concentration during pregnancy: special consideration of iron nutrition [2000]
• Maternal hemoglobin concentration and birth weight [2000]
• Iron needs during pregnancy: do we need to rethink our targets? [2000]
• Effectiveness and strategies of iron supplementation during pregnancy [2000]
• Anemia and iron deficiency: effects on pregnancy outcome [2000]

Blood

• Hydrops Fetalis Caused by alpha Thalassemia: An Emerging Health Care Problem [1998]

Journal of Nutrition

• Is There a Causal Relationship between Iron Deficiency or Iron-Deficiency Anemia and Weight at Birth, Length of Gestation and Perinatal Mortality? [2001]
• Biological Mechanisms That Might Underlie Iron’s Effects on Fetal Growth and Preterm Birth [2001]
• An Analysis of Anemia and Pregnancy-Related Maternal Mortality [2001]
• The Potential Impact of Iron Supplementation during Adolescence on Iron Status in Pregnancy [2000]
• Anemia, Iron and Pregnancy Outcome [2000]

eMedicine

• Herpes Gestationis [2002]

Journal of Nephrology

• The risk of pregnancy in patients with lupus nephritis [2003]

American College of Radiology

• Second and Third Trimester Bleeding [1996]

 Contemporary OB/GYN

• Obstetric hemorrhage in Jehovah's Witnesses [2002]

Cochrane Reviews

• Treatments for breast engorgement during lactation (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Support for breastfeeding mothers (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Commercial hospital discharge packs for breastfeeding women (Cochrane Review) [2004]

Academy of BreastFeeding Medicine

• Academy of BreastFeeding Medicine [Collection of guidelines]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• Vitamin D Supplementation To Prevent Rickets in Breast-Fed Babies [2001]

American Academy of Pediatrics

• Breastfeeding Resources [Collection of guidelines]

American College of Nurse-Midwives

• Breastfeeding [2004]

American Dietetic Association

• Breaking the barriers to breastfeeding [2001]

American Society for Nutritional Sciences

• Assessment of Nutrient Requirements for Infant Formulas [1998]

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

• The Role of the Nurse in the Promotion of Breastfeeding [2000]
• Breastfeeding and Lactation in the Workplace [2000]
• Breastfeeding [1999]

CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases - Travelers' Health

• Pregnancy, Breast-Feeding, and Travel [2002]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Notice to Readers: Update: Interim Recommendations for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Children and Breastfeeding Mothers and Treatment of Children with Anthrax [2001]

National Guideline Clearinghouse

• Behavioral interventions to promote breastfeeding: recommendations and rationale. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [2003]
• Management of breastfeeding for healthy full-term infants. Singapore Ministry of Health [2002]
• Evidence-based guidelines for breastfeeding management during the first fourteen days. International Lactation Consultant Association [2001]

Perinatal Advisory Council of Los Angeles Communities

• Breastfeeding the Hospitalized Neonate [1998]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office on Women's Health

• Advancing Women's Health: Health Plans' Innovative Programs in Breastfeeding Promotion [2001]
• HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding [2000]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

• Counseling: Breastfeeding [2003]
• Behavioral Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding: Recommendations and Rationale [2003]

University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics

• Pacifier Use Is Associated with Decreased Duration of Breastfeeding [2003]
• Breastfeeding Appears To Be Protective Against Asthma in Young Children [2002]
• Breastfeeding in Infancy is Associated with Decreased Incidence of Overweight in Adolescence [2001]
• Oral Antibiotics and Positioning Are Effective in Decreasing Morbidity in Breastfeeding Mothers [2000]

Alcohol Research and Health

• Alcohol' s Effect on Lactation [2001]

American Family Physician

• Returning to Work While Breastfeeding [2003]
• Medications in the Breast-Feeding Mother [2001]
• Initial Management of Breastfeeding [2001]
• Promoting and Supporting Breast-Feeding [2000]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• Breast-feeding and cognitive development: a meta-analysis [1999]

Annals of Family Medicine

• The Effectiveness of Primary Care-Based Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding: Systematic Evidence Review and Meta-Analysis for the US Preventive Services Task Force [2003]

 Contemporary OB/GYN

• Encouraging patients to use a breast pump [2003]

eMedicine

• Prolactin Deficiency [2002]

Journal of Nutrition

• The Resurgence of Breastfeeding at the End of the Second Millennium [2001]
• Length of Exclusive Breastfeeding: Linking Biology and Scientific Evidence to a Public Health Recommendation [2000]

Cochrane Reviews

• Planned caesarean section for term breech delivery (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Interventions to help external cephalic version for breech presentation at term (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• External cephalic version for breech presentation before term (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• External cephalic version for breech presentation at term (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Expedited versus conservative approaches for vaginal delivery in breech presentation (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Cephalic version by postural management for breech presentation (Cochrane Review) [2004]

eMedicine

• Pregnancy, Breech Delivery [2002]
• Breech Presentation [2002]

Cochrane Reviews

• Interventions for varicosities and leg oedema in pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]

Contemporary OB/GYN

• Adult-onset heart disease in pregnancy [2002]

Current Women's Health Reports

• Treatment of Arrhythmias During Pregnancy [2003]

eMedicine

• Shock and Pregnancy [2003]

Postgraduate Medicine

• Valvular heart disease and pregnancy [2001]

Cesarean Section -- A Brief History by Jane Eliot Sewell Ph.D. for The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/cesarean_1.html

Cochrane Reviews

• Uterine exteriorization versus intraperitoneal repair at caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Techniques for preventing hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Techniques and materials for skin closure in caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Single versus two layer suturing for closing the uterine incision at Caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Peritoneal non-closure at caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Operative versus conservative management for 'fetal distress' in labour (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Manual removal of placenta at caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Lateral tilt for caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Information for pregnant women about caesarean birth (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Elective caesarean section versus expectant management for delivery of the small baby (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Early compared with delayed oral fluids and food after caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Antibiotic prophylaxis regimens and drugs for cesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Antibiotic prophylaxis for cesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Absorbable staples for uterine incision at caesarean section (Cochrane Review) [2004]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) [2003]

American Academy of Family Physicians

• Trial of Labor Versus Elective Repeat Cesarean Section For The Woman With a Previous Cesarean Section [2001]

American College of Nurse-Midwives

• Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery [2000]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Birth --- California, 1996--2000 [2002]

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean [2003]

National Guideline Clearinghouse

• Vaginal birth after cesarean. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement [2002]

 Contemporary OB/GYN

• Elective cesarean section: a new dividing line for OBs [2003]

eMedicine

• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery [2002]
• Perimortem Cesarean Delivery [2002]
• Cesarean Delivery [2002]

Cochrane Reviews

• Interventions for treating constipation in pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Interventions for treating cholestasis in pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]

 American College of Gastroenterology

• ACG Treatment Guideline: Liver Disease in the Pregnant Patient [1999]

National Guideline Clearinghouse

• Recommendations for the evaluation and management of nausea and vomiting of early pregnancy (<20 weeks gestation). University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program [2002]
• SAGES guidelines for laparoscopic surgery during pregnancy. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons [2000]

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

• Guidelines for Laparoscopic Surgery During Pregnancy [2000]

 American Family Physician

• Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy [2003]
• Nausea and Vomiting in Early Pregnancy [2003]

eMedicine

• Hyperemesis Gravidarum [2002]
• Pregnancy, Hyperemesis Gravidarum [2001]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

• Screening: Elevated Lead Levels in Childhood and Pregnancy [1996]

Medical Science Monitor

• New data on toxic metal intoxication (Cd, Pb, and Hg in particular) and Mg status during pregnancy [2001]

Food and Drug Administration

• Establishing Pregnancy Exposure Registries [2002]

Perinatology.com

• Drugs in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding [2002]

 American Family Physician

• Over-the-Counter Medications in Pregnancy [2003]
• Information on Medication Use in Pregnancy [2003]

Contemporary OB/GYN

• When a pregnant patient needs analgesics [2003]

eMedicine

• Teratology and Drug Use During Pregnancy [2003]

Cochrane Reviews

• Aerobic exercise for women during pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]

American Academy of Pediatrics

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders [2000]

American Society of Addiction Medicine

• Public Policy of ASAM: The Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs During Pregnancy [1988]

CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

• National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect: defining the national agenda for fetal alcohol syndrome and other prenatal alcohol-related effects [2002]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Motivational Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies --- Florida, Texas, and Virginia, 1997--2001 [2003]

 Alcohol Research and Health

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Research [2002]
• Fetal Alcohol Exposure and Attention: Moving Beyond ADHD [2002]
• Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Child Development [2002]
• Teratogenic Effects of Alcohol on Brain and Behavior [2001]
• Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Damage to the Developing Nervous System [2001]
• Estimating the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Summary [2001]
• Developmental Alcohol and Circandian Clock Function [2001]
• Alcohol-Related Birth Defects, The Past, Present and Future [2001]
• Prenatal exposure to alcohol [2000]

eMedicine

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome [2002]

Medical Science Monitor

• Alcohol and the developing fetus - a review [2000]

Cochrane Reviews

• Transcutaneous electrostimulation for suspected placental insufficiency (diagnosed by Doppler studies) (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Plasma volume expansion for suspected impaired fetal growth (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Maternal oxygen administration for suspected impaired fetal growth (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Maternal nutrient supplementation for suspected impaired fetal growth (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Hormones for suspected impaired fetal growth (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Calcium channel blockers for potential impaired fetal growth (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Betamimetics for suspected impaired fetal growth (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Bed rest in hospital for suspected impaired fetal growth (Cochrane Review) [2004]

National Guideline Clearinghouse

• ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for growth disturbances: risk of intrauterine growth restriction. American College of Radiology [2001]

 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• Fetal nutrition and adult disease [2000]

 Contemporary OB/GYN

• Fetal growth restriction: an evidence-based approach, Part I [2002]

eMedicine

• Fetal Growth Restriction [2002]

Endocrine Regulations

• Children born with intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR) or small for gestational age (SGA): long term growth and metabolic consequences [2000]

Cochrane Reviews

• Prophylactic corticosteroids for preterm birth (Cochrane Review) [2004]

National Institutes of Health

• Antenatal Corticosteroids Revisited: Repeat Courses [2000]
• Effect of Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation on Perinatal Outcomes [1994]

Perinatal Advisory Council of Los Angeles Communities

• Maternal Antenatal Steroid Usage in Preterm Delivery [1998]

 Archives of Disease in Childhood

• Antenatal steroids and the developing brain [2000]

Clinical Chemistry

• Standards of laboratory practice: evaluation of fetal lung maturity [1997]

Cochrane Reviews

• Near-Infrared spectroscopy for fetal assessment during labour (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Maternal glucose administration for facilitating tests of fetal wellbeing (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Fetal vibroacoustic stimulation for facilitation of tests of fetal wellbeing (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Fetal manipulation for facilitating tests of fetal wellbeing (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) for fetal monitoring during labour (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Doppler ultrasound for fetal assessment in high risk pregnancies (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Continuous electronic heart rate monitoring for fetal assessment during labor (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Cardiotocography for antepartum fetal assessment (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Biophysical profile for fetal assessment in high risk pregnancies (Cochrane Review) [2004]

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

• Fetal Assessment [2000]

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

• Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Management [2003]

 National Guideline Clearinghouse

• Intrapartum fetal heart rate management. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement [2003]
• The use of electronic fetal monitoring. The use and interpretation of cardiotocography in intrapartum fetal surveillance. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [2001]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

• Screening: Intrapartum Electronic Fetal Monitoring [1996]

Contemporary OB/GYN

• Visual vs. computerized analysis of FHR tracings [2002]

Cochrane Reviews

• Very tight versus tight control for diabetes in pregnancy (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Elective delivery in diabetic pregnant women (Cochrane Review) [2004]

American Diabetes Association

• Preconception Care of Women With Diabetes [2004]
• Gestational Diabetes Mellitus [2004]
• Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus [2004]

National Guideline Clearinghouse

• Preconception care of women with diabetes. American Diabetes Association [2004]
• Gestational diabetes mellitus. American Diabetes Association [2004]
• Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus: recommendations and rationale. United States Preventive Services Task Force [2003]
• Gestational diabetes practice guidelines. International Diabetes Center [2003]
• Nutrition practice guidelines for gestational diabetes mellitus. American Dietetic Association [2001]

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse

• Prenatal testing: percentage of patients who have glucose challenge test or oral glucose tolerance test performed. American Medical Association [2002]

Perinatal Advisory Council of Los Angeles Communities

• Infants of Diabetic Mothers [1998]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

• Screening: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus [2003]

 American Family Physician

• Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus [2003]
• Management of Suspected Fetal Macrosomia [2001]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• Obesity and pregnancy: complications and cost [2000]
• Carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in pregnancy: normal compared with gestational diabetes mellitus [2000]

Diabetes Care

• What is the significance of macrosomia? [1999]
• Implications of new diagnostic criteria for abnormal glucose homeostasis in women with previous gestational diabetes [1999]
• Effect of selective screening for gestational diabetes [1999]

eMedicine

• Macrosomia [2003]
• Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy [2002]
• Infant of Diabetic Mother [2001]

Cochrane Reviews

• Intrapartum antibiotics for Group B streptococcal colonisation (Cochrane Review) [2004]

American College of Nurse-Midwives

• Early-Onset Group B Strep Infection in Newborns: Prevention and Prophylaxis [1997]

CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases

• Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease [2002]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Preventing Group B Strep Disease [Collection of guidelines]
• Hospital-Based Policies for Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease --- United States, 1999 [2000]
• Adoption of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Prevention Recommendations by Prenatal-Care Providers --- Connecticut and Minnesota, 1998 [2000]

National Guideline Clearinghouse

• Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease. Revised guidelines from CDC. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2002]
• Prevention of group B streptococcal infection in newborns. Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care [2002]

 Contemporary OB/GYN

• New federal guidelines on group B strep [2002]

Current Women's Health Reports

• Screening and Management Protocols for Group B Streptococcus in Pregnancy [2002]

eMedicine

• Streptococcus Group B Infections [2001]

Family Practice

• Can pregnant women obtain their own specimens for group B streptococcus? A comparison of maternal versus physician screening. The Mount Sinai GBS Screening Group [1997]

Cochrane Reviews

• Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolic disease in pregnancy and the early postnatal period (Cochrane Review) [2004]
• Heparin for pregnant women with acquired or inherited thrombophilias (Cochrane Review) [2004]

National Guideline Clearinghouse

• Use of antithrombotic agents during pregnancy. In: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy. American College of Chest Physicians [2001]

 Contemporary OB/GYN

• Thrombophilias in ob/gyn: Part II: treatment strategies [2002]
• Detecting thrombophilia in ob/gyn patients [2002]

Current Women's Health Reports

• Anticoagulation During Pregnancy [2002]

eMedicine