Clinical practice guidelines for the antenatal management of dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This review aimed to identify guidelines with recommendations applicable to the antenatal management of dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies within high-income countries, appraise their methodological quality, and discuss the similarities and variability across guidelines.

Method

A systematic literature review of electronic databases was performed. Manual searches of guideline repositories and websites of professional organisations were performed to identify additional guidelines. The protocol for this systematic review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42021248586, 25 June 2021). AGREE II and AGREE-REX tools were applied to assess the quality of eligible guidelines. A narrative and thematic synthesis described and compared the guidelines and their recommendations.

SUBMITTER: O'Connor C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10182673 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature