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- General + The Unwell Pregnant Woman
- NICE: Intrapartum Care for Women with Existing Medical Conditions or Obstetric Complications and their Babies
- RCP Acute Care Toolkit 15: Managing acute medical problems in pregnancy
- The Global Libary of Women’s Medicine: The Continuous Textbook of Women’s Medicine Series,
Volume 8: Maternal medical health and disorders in pregnancy - Medical Problems in Pregnancy HEE e-LfH e-learning programme
- RCoA, RCOG, ICS, FICM and RCM: Care of the critically ill woman in childbirth; enhanced maternal care
- Drugs in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- UKTIS – UK Teratology Information Service
- LactMed – Drugs and Lactation Database
- UKDILAS – UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service
- MHRA Guidance: Use of medicines in pregnancy and breastfeeding
- NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service: training and guidance to help decision making about the use of medicines in pregnancy
- NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service: training and guidance to help decision making about the use of medicines in breastfeeding
- Cardiology
- NICE: Hypertension in Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Management
- European Society of Cardiology: Management of Cardiovascular disease in Pregnancy
- RCOG Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy, Good Practice Paper
- Management of Pregnancy in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease:
A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association - Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Unique Opportunities for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women
A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association - Risk stratification and management of women with cardiomyopathy/heart failure planning pregnancy or presenting during/after pregnancy.
A position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Study Group on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
- Haematology
- RCOG GtG: Reducing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium
- RCOG GtG: Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy and the Puerperium: Acute Management
- BSH: Testing for Heritable Thrombophilia
- BSH: Investigation and Management of Venous Thrombosis at Unusual Sites
- BSH: Use of Vena Cava Filters
- BSH: Management of Iron Deficiency in Pregnancy
- BSH: Diagnosis of B12 and Folate deficiency
- BSH: Use of Anti-D Immunoglobulin
- RCOG GtG: Management of Sickle Cell Disease in Pregnancy
- RCOG GtG: Management of Beta Thalassaemia in Pregnancy
- RCOG GtG: Management of Inherited Bleeding Disorders in Pregnancy
- BSH: Diagnosis and Management of DIC
- BSH: Diagnosis and Management of TTP/MAHA
- BSH: Investigation and Management of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- BSH: Management of AML in pregnancy
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- NICE: Diabetes in pregnancy: management from preconception to the postnatal period
- Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) for Inpatient Care Group:
Management of glycaemic control in pregnant women with diabetes on obstetric wards and delivery units - DTN-UK: Top Tips for Optimising Glucose Levels in Pregnancy
- DTN-UK & ABCD: Best Practice Guide: Using diabetes technology in pregnancy
- DTN-UK: Top Tips: Using Dexcom G6 Real-time CGM in Pregnancy
- DTN-UK & ABCD: Diabetes Technology in Pregnancy Short Educational Videos
- Neurology
- Infections in Pregnancy
- RCOG GtG: Chickenpox in Pregnancy
- BASHH & RCOG: Management of Genital Herpes in Pregnancy
- RCOG: Zika Virus Infection and Pregnancy: Information for Healthcare Professionals
- BHIVA: management of HIV in pregnancy and postpartum
- RCOG GtG: Bacterial Sepsis in Pregnancy
- RCOG GtG: Bacterial Sepsis following Pregnancy
- The UK Sepsis Trust: Inpatient Maternal Sepsis Tool
- Covid-19 in Pregnancy
- Hepatobiliary
- RCOG GtG: Obstetric Cholestasis
NB last updated 2011
- RCOG GtG: Obstetric Cholestasis
- Rheumatology
- Oncology & Haem-Oncology