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.
The recommendations in the following guidelines may vary from those that appear in UpToDate topic reviews. Readers who are looking for UpToDate topic reviews should use the UpToDate search box to find the relevant content.
Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Preterm labor and birth".)
International
Canada
●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline for antibiotic therapy in preterm premature rupture of the membranes (2009, reaffirmed 2017)
United States
●ACOG: Practice bulletin on prelabor rupture of membranes (2020)
●ACOG and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): Obstetric care consensus on periviable birth (2017, reaffirmed 2019)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on preterm labour and birth (2015, updated 2019)
●NICE: Quality standard on preterm labour and birth (2016, updated 2019)
Australia-New Zealand
Japan