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Placenta Praevia, Placenta Praevia Accreta and Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management (Green-top Guideline No. 27)

For the updated guidelines published in 2018, the management and diagnosis of placenta praevia and placenta accreta is addressed in Green-top Guideline No. 27a Placenta Praevia, Placenta Praevia Accreta and Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management.

The management and diagnosis of vasa praevia is addressed in Green-top Guideline No. 27b Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management.


Version history

The first edition of this guideline was published in 2001 (as Placenta Praevia: Diagnosis and Management; the second, published in 2005, was entitled Placenta Praevia and Placenta Praevia Accreta: Diagnosis and Management; and the third, published in 2011, was entitled Placenta Praevia, Placenta Praevia Accreta and Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management.
Since 2018, the management and diagnosis of placenta praevia and placenta accreta is addressed in Green-top Guideline No 27a Placenta Praevia and Placenta Accreta: Diagnosis and Management 
The management and diagnosis of vasa praevia is addressed in Green-top Guideline No. 27b Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management.

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