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NHSL Guidelines
NHS Lanarkshire

In addition, please refer to Maternity Referral Pathways.

A&E ED and ECU Initial Assessment of Pregnant Women Attending those Services

Acute Fetal Bradycardia

AMU Admission Criteria

Anaemia in Pregnancy And Iron Transfusion Protocol 2023

Anaesthetic Assessment of Women with High Body Mass Index in Pregnancy

Anaesthetic cover – How and When to call the Maternity Anaesthetic Consultant at University Wishaw Hospital

Anaesthetic Management of the Pregnant Patient for Non-obstetric Surgery

Analgesia in the Postnatal Period

Antenatal HIV Screening Programme Protocol (Password-Protected)

Antenatal Magnesium Sulphate for Neuroprotection of the preterm infant

Antenatal Syphillis Screening Protocol (Password-Protected)

Anti-D Prophylaxis

Antibiotics After Operative Vaginal Delivery to Prevent Sepsis

Aromatherapy

Bacteriuria in Pregnancy

Bariatric Surgery - Pregnancy Management

Bladder Care Intrapartum and Postpartum

Blood Sampling (Including Transfusion)

Breech presentation

Caesarean Section General Guidelines

Caesarean Section Incision & Skin Preparation

Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy (Overt or Suspected)

Chickenpox in Pregnancy

Commercial Cord Blood Collection

Computerised Cardiotocography

Corticosteroids Administration in the Antenatal Period to Reduce Neonatal Morbidity

Crossmatching Obstetric Procedures

Deferred Cord Clamping

Domestic Abuse in Pregnancy

Erythrovirus B19 (Parvovirus) Guideline

Extremely Premature Infant (22+0 - 26+6 weeks Gestation)

Feeding in 1st 48 Hours

Fetal Macrosomia in Singleton Pregnancy: Screening and Management

GAP guidance Fetal Growth and SGA

GBS Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Gentamicin Chart

Gentle Method Caesarean Section

Guideline for Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Labour

Guidance for Outpatient Frenotomy (Division of Tongue-Tie) Procedure

Guidelines For Serial Cervical Length Scanning

Hepatitis B Antenatal Screening Protocol (Password-Protected)

Homebirth Guideline

Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

Hypoglycemia in Term Babies

Indication for the Presence on Labour Ward of Consultant at Obstetric Emergencies

Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy

Induction of Labour

Late Medical Termination Of Pregnancy & Miscarriage Medical Management Of Pregnancy 12 - 24 Weeks Gestation (Password-Protected)

Latent Phase of Labour

Lone Working Guideline

Low Dose Aspirin in Pregnancy

Low Vaginal Swab March 2019

Major Obstetric Haemorrhage Guideline Chart & Algorithm

Management of Intrapartum Maternal-Pyrexia In Hospital

Management of Pregnant Women with a Raised Body Mass Index

Management Of Third Stage Of Labour

Managing Delay in the Second Stage of Labour March 2023

Maternal Death (Password-Protected)

Medication Requests to General Practice

Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Non-Attendance at Antenatal Clinics

Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI)

Oxytocin Use in Labour

PICO dressings for Caesarean birth

Placenta Praevia and Placenta Accreta

Pre - Labour Rupture of the Membranes at Term

Pre-Term Birth (Intact Membranes)

Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes

Procedures and Investigations Following Mid Trimester Pregnancy Loss (12-24weeks) (Password-Protected)

Prophylaxis of Acid Aspiration for Maternity Patients

Pruritus Following Neuraxial Opiate Administration in Obstetric Patients

Reduced/Altered Fetal Movement

Referral for Antenatal Anaesthetic Review at University Hospital Wishaw

Reflex Haematinics Labels

Refusal Of Blood And Blood Components

Regurgitation and Suspected Aspiration of Gastric Contents

Repair of a Second Degree Perineal Tear

Retained Placenta March 2023

Sepsis In Maternity Patients Recognition And Immediate Management

sFlt/PlGF Ratio in the Management of Suspected Pre-eclampsia

Shoulder Dystocia

Skin to Skin Guideline

Spinal and Epidural Opioid Observation

Stillbirth Management (Password-Protected)

Surrogacy Guidelines

Suspicious Cervix in Pregnancy

Temperature management of the newborn

Thromboprophylaxsis in Pregnancy and Peurperium

Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy

Twin Pregnancies - Intrapartum Management

Umbilical Cord Prolapse

Unstable/Transverse Fetal Lie in Singleton Pregnancies

Uterine Rupture (Suspected)

Waterbirth Guideline

Weighing Babies Guideline- For prevention and management of excess weight loss in Neonates