WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids for improving preterm birth outcomes / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pregnancy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 29 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2022.

Summary:

In 2021, the Executive Guideline Steering Group (GSG) for the World Health Organization (WHO) maternal and perinatal health recommendations prioritized updating the then current recommendations on the use of antenatal corticosteroids as published in the WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes. This decision was based on new evidence on the subject that had become available. The recommendations in this document thus supersedes the previous WHO recommendations on the use of antenatal corticosteroids as published in the 2015 guidelines, WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and abbreviations

Executive Summary

Introduction

Target audience

Recommendation development methods

Recommendations

1. Introduction

1.1 Background

1.2 Rationale and objectives

1.3 Aim

1.4 Target audience

1.5 Identification of priority questions and outcomes

1.6 Scope of the recommendations

2. Methods

2.1 Executive Guideline Steering Group

2.2 WHO Steering Group

2.3 Guideline Development Group (GDG)

2.4 Evidence Synthesis Group

2.5 External partners and observers

2.6 External Review Group

2.7 Evidence identification and retrieval

2.8 Quality assessment and grading of the evidence

2.9 Formulation of recommendations

2.10 Management of declaration of interests

2.11 Decision-making during the GDG meetings

2.12 Document preparation and peer review

3. Recommendations and supporting evidence

3.1 Recommendations

4. Dissemination and implementation of the recommendations

4.1 Dissemination and evaluation

4.2 Implementation considerations

4.3 Anticipated impact on the organization of care and resources

4.4 Monitoring and evaluating guideline implementation

5. Research implications

6. Updating the recommendations

7. References

Annex 1. External experts and WHO staff involved in the preparation of the recommendations

Annex 2. Priority outcomes used in decision-making

Annex 3. Summary and management of declared interests from GDG members

Web Annexes. Evidence-to-Decision Frameworks and Summary of Findings Tables.

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