Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Basic and advanced cardiac life support in children".)
International
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on facilitating discharge from hospital of the healthy term infant (2018, reaffirmed 2024)
●CPS: Practice point on supporting and communicating with families experiencing a perinatal loss (2018, reaffirmed 2024)
●CPS: Position statement on the assessment of cardiorespiratory stability using the infant car seat challenge before discharge in preterm infants (<37 weeks' gestational age) (2016, reaffirmed 2022)
United States
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on child fatality review (2024)
●CDC: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and vaccines (2020)
●AAP: Clinical report for supporting the family after the death of a child (2012, reaffirmed 2016)
●CDC: Infant death investigation – Guidelines for the scene investigator (2007)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on postnatal care (2013, updated 2022)
●NICE: Guideline on postnatal care (2021)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Choosing Wisely Japan: Home apnea monitor for SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) when needed - when not needed? (2016, updated 2018)
●[In English] Japanese Circulation Society (JCS): Guidelines for risks and prevention of sudden cardiac death (2010, published 2012)
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