Methods
A literature search was performed through direct review of professional society’s website and journal publications, and PubMed. A total of 15 papers were identified from 10 societies and reviewed by two authors who were in agreement. Summary of guidelines were retrieved from the sources described in Table 1, arranged in ascending order of publication date. (Figure 1)
Data abstracted from these guidelines will include specifics on antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum management as outlined in the results tables (Tables 2, 3 and 4).