SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline. Management of meconium at birth. No. 224, April 2009.
OBJECTIVE
To provide clinician direction that is based on the best evidence available on suctioning at the perineum for infants born with meconium stained amniotic fluid.


METHODS
The Medline database was searched for articles published in English from 2000 to 2008 on the topic of management of meconium at birth.


METHODS
The recommendation was made according to guidelines developed by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D002170:Canada; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008470:Meconium; D008471:Meconium Aspiration Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013396:Suction