The Italian guidelines on ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology: Executive summary of recommendations for practice

Recently the Italian Ministry of Health, through National Committee for the Clinical Excellence (CNEC), commissioned to different scientific societies a number of clinical guidelines, to be developed according to a standardized methodology [1]. The Italian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SIEOG), together with other Italian scien- tific societies (SIGO, AOGOI, AGUI, SIMP, Italian Society of Legal Medicine, SIDiP, SIRU), has produced guidelines on the use of ultra- sound in obstetrics and gynecology [2] following the Grading of Rec- ommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) methodology [3,4] and reported according to the Appraisal of Guide- lines for Research and Evaluation Instrument (AGREE II) [5]