BIGG

Guideline No. 405: screening and counselling for alcohol consumption during pregnancy

J. obstet. gynaecol. Can; 42 (9), 2020
Ano de publicação: 2020

To establish national standards of care for screening and counselling pregnant women and women of child-bearing age about alcohol consumption and possible alcohol use disorder based on current best evidence. Health care providers who care for pregnant women and women of child-bearing age. Pregnant women and women of child-bearing age and their families. Medline, EMBASE, and CENTRAL databases were searched for “alcohol use and pregnancy.” The results were filtered for a publication date between 2010 and September 2018. The search terms were developed using Medical Subject Headings terms and keywords, including pre-pregnancy, pregnant, breastfeeding, lactation, female, women, preconception care, prenatal care, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, prenatal alcohol exposure, drinking behavior, alcohol abstinence, alcohol drinking, binge drinking, alcohol-related disorders, alcoholism, alcohol consumption, alcohol abuse, benzodiazepines, disulfiram, naltrexane, acamprosate, ondansetron, topiramate, cyanamide, calcium carbimide, alcohol deterrents, disease management, detoxification, Alcoholics Anonymous, alcohol counselling, harm reduction, pre-pregnancy care, prenatal care, incidence, prevalence, epidemiological monitoring, and brief intervention. Evidence was included from clinical trials, observational studies, reviews, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, guidelines, and conference consensus.