Critical appraisal of international guidelines for the prevention and treatment of pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism: a systematic review

Table 1 Included clinical practice guidelines on pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism

CPGs	Year	Country/ Region	Evidence base	Topics covered	No. of reference	Guideline Page	Strength of the recommendations	Status	Conflicts of interest
ACCP [12]	2012	USA	Yes	Treatment Prevention	343	46	GRADE	Updated	EI; SCI
ACOG [13]	2013	USA	Not reported	Prevention	69	12	Not reported	Updated	Not reported
ANZJOG [14, 15]	2011	Australia New Zealand	Yes	Prevention Treatment	136	20	GRADE	New	Not reported
ASH [16]	2018	USA	Yes	Prevention Treatment	243	43	GRADE	New	SCI, EI
Australia [17]	2012	Australia	Yes	Prevention	51	11	GRADE	New	SCI
AVTF [18]	2016	Asia	Not reported	Prevention	143	20	Not reported	Updated	Not reported
ESC [19]	2011	Europe	Yes	Treatment Prevention	254	51	GRADE	Updated	SCI, EI
GTH [20]	2016	Germany	Not reported	Treatment	16	125	Not reported	New	Not reported
JOGNN [21]	2016	USA	Not reported	Prevention	12	34	No	New	Not reported
Korea [22]	2014	Korea	Not reported	Prevention	8	36	Not reported	Updated	SCI
RCOG [23, 24]	2015	UK	Yes	Prevention Treatment	355	72	Standard grading scheme	Updated	SCI,EI
SASTH [25]	2013	South Africa	Not reported	Prevention	7	22	No	New	Not reported
SOGC [26]	2014	Canada	Yes	Diagnosis Treatment	27	187	GRADE	New	Not reported

ACCP American College of Chest Physicians, ACOG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, ANZJOG Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ASH American Society of Hematology, AVTF, Asian Venous Thrombosis Forum; EI editorial independence declared, ESC European Society of Cardiology, GTH Working Group in Women’s Health of the Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, JOGNN Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, RCOG Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, SASTH Southern African Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SCI statement about conflicts, SOGC Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

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