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: Ultrasound imaging in pregnancy".)
International
Canada
●Radiological Society of North America (RSNA): Statement on safety of the developing fetus in medical imaging during pregnancy (updated 2023)
●Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR): Recommendations for the safe use of MRI during pregnancy (2022)
●CAR: Position statement on discontinuing the use of gonadal and fetal shielding for patients (2021)
United States
●Radiological Society of North America (RSNA): Statement on safety of the developing fetus in medical imaging during pregnancy (updated 2023)
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on guidelines for diagnostic imaging during pregnancy and lactation (2017, reaffirmed 2021)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on second and third trimester screening for fetal anomaly (2020)
●ACR: Manual on MR safety (2020)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on gestational trophoblastic disease (2019)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on breast imaging of pregnant and lactating women (2018)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on first trimester vaginal bleeding (revised 2017)
Europe
●European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR): Guidelines on contrast agents, 10th edition (2018)
●ESUR: Contrast Media – Safety Issues and Guidelines, 3rd edition (2014)
●ESUR: Recommendations on acute abdominal and pelvic pain in pregnancy (2013)
United Kingdom
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG): Obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice guidelines - Obstetrics edition (2023)
●[In English] JSOG and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Guidelines for obstetrical practice in Japan, 2020 edition (published 2023)
●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Cancer and Reproductive Medicine (JSFP): Clinical practice guidelines for pregnancy, childbirth and reproductive medicine for the breast cancer patient (2021)
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