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Postnatal care

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  • Reference number: NG194
  • Published:  20 April 2021
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Evidence reviews – April 2021

The following documents contain the evidence that was used to develop the 2021 recommendations:

  • Length of postpartum stay
  • Information transfer
  • Timing of first postnatal contact by midwife
  • Timing of first postnatal contact by health visitor
  • Timing of comprehensive assessment
  • Content of postnatal care contacts
  • Provision of information about the postnatal health of women
  • Tools for the clinical review of women
  • Assessment of secondary postpartum haemorrhage
  • Perineal pain
  • Information for lactation suppression
  • Signs and symptoms of serious illness in babies
  • Scoring systems for illness in babies
  • Benefits and harms of bed sharing
  • Co-sleeping risk factors
  • Emotional attachment
  • Breastfeeding interventions
  • Breastfeeding interventions – appendix D: clinical evidence tables
  • Breastfeeding facilitators and barriers
  • Tools for predicting breastfeeding difficulties
  • Breastfeeding information and support
  • Formula feeding information and support

 

This page was last updated: 20 April 2021

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