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: Apnea of prematurity".)
International
●World Health Organization (WHO): Recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant (2022)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Skin-to-skin care (SSC) for term and preterm infants (2024)
●CPS: Position statement on discharge planning of the preterm infant (2022)
●CPS: Position statement on routine imaging of the preterm neonatal brain (2020)
●CPS: Guidelines for detection, management and prevention of hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm newborn infants (2007, reaffirmed 2018)
United States
●AAP: Policy statement on hospital discharge of the high-risk neonate (2008, reaffirmed 2019)
●AAP: Clinical report on diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux in preterm infants (2018)
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on the Apgar score (2015, reaffirmed 2017)
●AAP: Clinical report on postnatal glucose homeostasis in late-preterm and term infants (2011, reaffirmed 2015)
●AAP: Clinical report on skin-to-skin care for term and preterm infants in the neonatal ICU (2015)
●AAP: Policy statement on levels of neonatal care (2012, reaffirmed 2015)
●AAP: Policy statement on respiratory support in preterm infants at birth (2014)
●AAP: Clinical report on surfactant-replacement therapy for respiratory distress in the preterm and term neonate (2008, reaffirmed 2012)
Europe
United Kingdom
●NICE: Guideline for developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm (2017)
India
●NNF: Clinical practice guidelines on feeding of low birth weight neonates (2020)
●NNF: Clinical practice guidelines on screening and management of retinopathy of prematurity (2020)
●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Human milk banking guidelines (2014)
Australia–New Zealand
●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not routinely treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD) in infants with acid suppression therapy (reviewed 2017)
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