Society guideline links: Multiple gestation

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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International

●International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis (ISPD): Position statement for cell free (cf)DNA screening for Down syndrome in multiple pregnancies (2020)

●International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG): Practice guidelines on the role of ultrasound in twin pregnancy (2016)

Canada

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline for the management of monochorionic twin pregnancies (2023)

●SOGC: Guidelines on prenatal screening for and diagnosis of aneuploidy in twin pregnancies (2017)

●SOGC: Guidelines on ultrasound in twin pregnancies (2017)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on multifetal gestations twin triplet and higher-order multifetal pregnancies (2021)

●American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Committee opinion on multiple gestation associated with infertility therapy (2021)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on multifetal pregnancy reduction (2017, reaffirmed 2020)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on multiple gestations (2017)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on twin and triplet pregnancy (2019, updated 2024)

●NICE: Quality standard on multiple pregnancy – Twin and triplet pregnancies (2013, updated 2019)

●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Scientific impact paper on multiple pregnancies following assisted conception (2018)

●RCOG: Green-top guideline for the management of monochorionic twin pregnancy (2016)

Australia–New Zealand

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Best practice statement for the management of monochorionic twin pregnancy (2021)