WHO Maternal and Fetal Assessment Update: Imaging Ultrasound Before 24 Weeks of Pregnancy Guideline Summary - Guideline Central

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Document Overview

Document Title: Maternal and Fetal Assessment Update: Imaging Ultrasound Before 24 Weeks of Pregnancy

Authoring Society: World Health Organization

Document Publication Date: Mar 28, 2022

Page Last Reviewed/Updated: May 5, 2026

Document Type: Guideline

Country of Publication: United States

Full Text Freely Available: Yes

Full Text Guideline: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240046009

Source Citation: WHO antenatal care recommendations for a positive pregnancy experience. Maternal and fetal assessment update: imaging ultrasound before 24 weeks of pregnancy. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Supplemental Implementation Resources

Document Scope, Criteria, and Use Cases

Scope: Assessment and Screening, Management

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D011247 - Pregnancy

D011247 - Pregnancy

Keywords: pregnancy, ultrasound

Inclusion Criteria: Female, Adolescent, Adult

Health Care Settings: Ambulatory, Laboratory Services, Outpatient

Intended Users: Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physician, Physician Assistant

Recommendation Development Processes & Methodology

Number of Source Documents: 30

Includes peer/external review process?: Yes

Includes public comment process?: No

Methodologist involvement?: Yes

Patient involvement?: No

Includes multi-disciplinary group?: Yes

Includes systematic review?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of evidence?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of recommendation?: Yes

Discloses funding source?: Yes

Discloses conflicts of interest?: Yes

Includes benefits/harms analysis with recommendations?: No