Mussarat Mansoor, Zubair Ahmed, Muhammad Saeed.
Development of pre-coded pregnancy monitoring card for use in teaching hospitals
Pak J Med Res Oct - Dec 2004;43(4):188-90.
Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore

Antenatal care in teaching hospitals of Pakistan aims to identify high-risk pregnancies and to educate the trainee doctors and paramedics. Unfortunately the hospitals identifying such high-risk pregnancies do not have comprehensive program for managing them. A team of experts reviewed the antenatal cards being used in different local and some international institutions, to develop a special design for monitoring the high-risk pregnancies. The card was pre-tested to review the types and magnitude of local risk factors so as to optimize the clinical approach. At Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore this card was introduced to monitor pregnancy and its outcome. The card carries a summary to highlight prenatal, delivery and puerperal periods. It has been found useful in situations where the pregnant women utilize domiciliary services of a local facility. The card is precoded and can easily be analyzed through computer. The data thus obtained serves good purpose in planning, organizing and evaluating health care system.

Category: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Keywords: Pregnancy.

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