Coopland et al reported a scoring form to identify a high-risk pregnancy. It has 3 sections including one for associated conditions. The authors are from the University of Manitoba.
Patient selection: pregnant female
Parameters for associated (comorbid) conditions:
(1) previous gynecologic surgery
(2) chronic renal disease
(3) gestational diabetes ordiabetes mellitus
(4) heart disease)
(5) other medical disorders
Parameter
Finding
Points
previous gynecologic surgery
no
0
yes
1
chronic renal disease
no
0
yes
2
diabetes
none
0
gestational
1
diabetes
3
heart disease
no
0
yes
3
other medical disorders
none
0
mild
1
moderate
2
severe
3
where:
• It is assumed that other medical disorders are not counted separately.
subscore for associatedconditions =
= SUM(points for all of the parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum subscore: 0
• maximum subscore: 12
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