Table 1.

Guidelines included in the review

Citation	Society	Geographic region	Country	Patient subgroup
ACOG Opinion #785 [51]	American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	North America	USA	Adolescents with HMB
ACOG Opinion #557 [52]	American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	North America	USA	AUB
ACOG Practice Bulletin #136 [63]	American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	North America	USA	AUB associated with ovulatory dysfunction
AAGL practice report [65]	American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists	North America	USA	Uterine fibroids
[53]	American College of Nurse-Midwives	North America	USA	AUB
Matteson KA et al. [48]	Systematic Review Group of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons	North America/literature review	USA/global	Non-surgical intervention for AUB
Wheeler TL et al. [49]	Systematic Review Group of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons	North America/literature review	USA/global	AUB treated with hysterectomy vs. other treatments
Munro MG et al. [54]	Southern California Permanente Medical Group	North America	USA	AUB
Munro MG et al. [5]	US Expert Panel	North America/literature review	USA/global	IDA in women with HMB
Demers C et al. [55]	Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada	North America	Canada	Gynecological and obstetric management of inherited bleeding disorders
Singh S et al. [56]	Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada	North America	Canada	AUB
Vilos GA et al. [64]	Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada	North America	Canada	Uterine fibroids
[57]	Health Quality Ontario	North America	Canada	Women and adolescents with HMB
Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [50]	Royal College of Physicians of Ireland	Europe	Ireland	HMB
NICE guideline [NG88] [4]	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence	Europe	UK	HMB
NICE guideline [QS47] [58]	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence	Europe	UK	HMB
Marret H et al. [61]	Collège National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français	Europe	France	AUB
[88]	The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Europe	Europe-wide	Menstrual bleeding disorders
Perez-Lopez FR et al. [66]	European Menopause and Andropause Society	Europe	Europe-wide	Uterine fibroids
[59]	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care	Australasia	Australia	HMB
James AH et al. [60]	International Expert Panel	Literature review	Global	HMB with and without underlying bleeding disorders
Arab HA et al. [62]	Saudi Arabia Expert Panel	Middle East	Saudi Arabia	Iron deficiency

All guidelines relate to non-pregnant women of reproductive age, unless other specified

AAGL American Association of Gynecologic Laparascopists, ACOG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, AUB abnormal uterine bleeding, HMB heavy menstrual bleeding, IDA iron-deficiency anemia, NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence