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Royal college of obstetricians & gynaecologists provides guidance for maternal medicine services in the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

2020-04-06

Due to recent and evolving coronavirus pandemic, health care professionals are forced to provide care in a different way than usual. The Royal college of obstetricians & gynaecologists have provided guidance for maternal medicine services. The guidance specifically provides recommendations regarding ideas for adaption of maternal services to safely reduce face-to-face contact while maintaining continuation of necessary care where it is safe to do so. Also, specific advice is provided for healthcare professionals caring for pregnant women with co-existing medical co-morbidities and suspected or confirmed COVID-19.

Several prediction models on the Evidencio platform are advised to use to support clinical decision making for maternal care. The relevant prediction models are linked below;

  • PREP-S model: to predict risk of complications in early-onset pre-eclampsia.
  • fullPIERS model: to predict maternal complications in women with any pre-eclampsia.
  • EMPiRE model: to predict the risk for seizures in pregnant women not on sodium valproate.
  • GDM model: to predict the risk for developing gestational diabetes mellitus.

The most recent version of the guideline can be downloaded at: https://www.rcog.org.uk/coronavirus-pregnancy

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