Normal Pregnancy Clinical Guidelines: New Version
DOI: 10.32364/2618-8430-2024-7-4-1
Yu.E. Dobrokhotova, P.A. Kuznetsov, L.S. Dzhokhadze, V.A. Bobrova
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
On February 2024, the MOH Scientific and Practical Council of the Ministry of Health approved a new version of the Normal Pregnancy Clinical Guidelines. A Pregravid Preparation section was added to the Guidelines. This event of utmost importance will provide development of a pre-pregnancy examination program based on the document. Other sections of the Guidelines were slightly amended. In particular, gestational age calculation approaches were modified; some testings were excluded from the pregnancy examination (the recommendations no longer include a coagulogram) but others, on the contrary, were added. New recommendations have appeared for referrals to specialists. Every pregnant woman must now visit a perinatal psychologist twice during pregnancy. In the third trimester, a mandatory ultrasound examination has reappeared, but the timing has shifted to 34–36 weeks. Changes have been made to the indications for prescribing vitamins. Clarifications have also been added to the "Vaccination" section. In our paper, we will analyze the document amendments and discuss their significance.
Keywords: pregravid preparation, normal pregnancy, VTEC, screening, US, prevention, cervix, premature birth, prenatal screening.
For citation: Dobrokhotova Yu.E., Kuznetsov P.A., Dzhokhadze L.S., Bobrova V.A. Normal Pregnancy Clinical Guidelines: New Version. Russian Journal of Woman and Child Health. 2024;7(4):296–301 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.32364/2618-8430-2024-7-4-1
About the authors:
Yulia E. Dobrokhotova — Dr. Sc. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; 1, Ostrovityanov str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0000-0002-7830-2290
Pavel A. Kuznetsov — C. Sc. (Med.), Assistant Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; 1, Ostrovityanov str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0000-0003-2492-3910
Lela S. Dzhokhadze — C. Sc. (Med.), Assistant Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; 1, Ostrovityanov str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0000-0001-5389-7817
Victoria A. Bobrova — student of the Faculty of General Medicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; 1, Ostrovityanov str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0009-0002-6706-9814
Contact information: Pavel A. Kuznetsov, e-mail: poohsmith@mail.ru
Financial Disclosure: no authors have a financial or property interest in any material or method mentioned.
There is no conflict of interest.
Received 29.08.2024.
Revised 23.09.2024.
Accepted 16.10.2024.
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