Care of pregnant women with decreased fetal movements: Update of a clinical practice guideline for Australia and New Zealand
Lisa M. Dalya b✉, Glenn J. Gardenerc d, Victoria Bowringe f, Wendy Burtong h, YOGESH C. CHADHAi j, David Alan Ellwoodk l, J. Frederik Frøenm n, Adrienne Gordono p, Alexander E. P. Heazellq r, Kassam Mahomeds t, Susan McDonaldu v, Jane Elizabeth Normanw x, Jeremy J. N. Oatsy z, Vicki Flenadya b
- aNHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
- bNHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, Mater Research Institute,, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- cMater Health Services The University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
- dMater Health Services, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- eStillbirth Foundation Australia Sydney Australia
- fStillbirth Foundation Australia, Sydney, Australia
- gMorningside General Practice Brisbane Australia
- hMorningside General Practice, Brisbane, Australia
- iRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Brisbane Australia
- jRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- kGold Coast University Hospital Griffith University Gold Coast Australia
- l
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Abstract
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth and the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) have recently partnered in updating an important clinical practice guideline, Care of pregnant women with decreased fetal movements. This guideline offers 12 recommendations and a suggested care pathway, with the aim to improve the quality of care for women reporting decreased fetal movements through an evidence-based approach. Adoption of the guideline by clinicians and maternity hospitals could result in earlier identification of higher-risk pregnancies, improved perinatal health outcomes for women and their babies, and reduced stillbirth rates.
TL;DRThis guideline offers 12 recommendations and a suggested care pathway to improve the quality of care for women reporting decreased fetal movements through an evidence‐based approach and could result in earlier identification of higher‐risk pregnancies, improved perinatal health outcomes for women and their babies. (Semantic Scholar)