WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids for improving preterm birth outcomes

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 improv...

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Autor principal: World Health Organization (author)
Autor Corporativo: World Health Organization, author, issuing body (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : World Health Organization 2022.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.