NICE postnatal care update

A mammoth NICE update on newborns and their mothers' health.

Obstetrics

Gestational trophoblastic disease – a new RCOG guideline

New guideline from RCOG, published in June 2020, on managing Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD). There is a useful section on when to suspect GTD.

e-learning – Iron deficiency in pregnancy

An October 2019 guideline from BSH on managing iron deficiency in pregnancy has a few interesting points, particularly for GP locums facing requests from midwives to prescribe iron

Obstetrics

e-learning | Hypertension in pregnancy

Louise Hudman introduces the latest guideline on hypertension in pregnancy from NICE.

Obstetrics

e-Learning | Alcohol exposure prenatally and its effects on children and young people

This is a guideline on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder from SIGN outlining the assessment and management of children who have had prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE).

Valproate – contraindicated in women of childbearing potential

You have probably heard about this on the news, or seen it in other forms, but in case you have missed it, I felt it important to do an update.

Obstetrics

New tests for pre-eclampsia (PlGF-based testing)

RCOG | Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome

RCOG | Chickenpox in pregnancy

Nice | Antenatal and postnatal mental health

RCOG | Management of beta thalassaemia in pregnancy

RCOG | The management of women with red cell antibodies during pregnancy

Nice | Vision amniotic leak detector

Nice | Tobacco: harm-reduction approaches to smoking

Sign | Management of perinatal mood disorders

Rhesus D prophylaxis in pregnancy

RCOG | Breast cancer and pregnancy

Iron deficiency in pregnancy

There is a lot of uncertainty about managing anaemia and iron deficiency in pregnancy. A lot of what we do is based on consensus, rather than on evidence.

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Knowledgebase

NICE postnatal care update

Gestational trophoblastic disease – a new RCOG guideline

e-learning – Iron deficiency in pregnancy

e-learning | Hypertension in pregnancy

e-Learning | Alcohol exposure prenatally and its effects on children and young people

Valproate – contraindicated in women of childbearing potential

Post pregnancy contraception

New tests for pre-eclampsia (PlGF-based testing)

RCOG | Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome

RCOG | Chickenpox in pregnancy

Nice | Antenatal and postnatal mental health

RCOG | Management of beta thalassaemia in pregnancy

RCOG | The management of women with red cell antibodies during pregnancy

Nice | Vision amniotic leak detector

Nice | Tobacco: harm-reduction approaches to smoking

Ella-One and breast-feeding

Sepsis following pregnancy

Sign | Management of perinatal mood disorders

Antepartum Haemorrhage

Multiple pregnancy

Caesarean Section

Obstetric cholestasis

Rhesus D prophylaxis in pregnancy

RCOG | Breast cancer and pregnancy

Maternal collapse

Iron deficiency in pregnancy

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