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Comparative Study
What is recommended for healthy women during pregnancy? A comparison of seven prenatal clinical practice guideline documents.
Several countries have developed clinical practice guidelines for the content of prenatal care. This study examines the consistency of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines describing routine prenatal care. ⋯ Little consistency was demonstrated within or among countries in terms of the content of their prenatal care guidelines, suggesting a need to reexamine their content and the evidence on which such recommendations are based.