Viewing Parity Details
Select
the Obstetric tab in the patient's Clinical
Window.
Click
The
Parity window
appears.
Enter data as appropriate to generate the correct Gravida number, for your records.
Gravida indicates the number of times the patient has been pregnant (including the current pregnancy), regardless of whether these pregnancies were carried to term.
Para indicates the number of >20 weeks births (including stillbirths). Pregnancies consisting of multiples, such as twins or triplets, count as one birth.
Mis (Miscarriages) is the number of pregnancies that were lost for any reason, excluding stillbirths.
TOP (Termination of Pregnancy) indicates the number of induced abortions.
Click Save to confirm.
How Parity is Calculated - An Example
You record a new pregnancy for patient
X. They inform you it is their first pregnancy. After recording
the new pregnancy, the Parity window appears as follows.
Patient has been pregnant 1 time.
The
patient miscarriages. You record
the end of their pregnancy as such. The Parity window updates
accordingly.
Patient has been pregnant 1 time and has had 1 miscarriage.
The
patient informs you she is pregnant again. You record the second
pregnancy. The Parity windows updates accordingly.
Patient has been pregnant 2 times and has had 1 miscarriage.
On her next visit the patient informs you of a previous termination of pregnancy. To record this, you must manually modify data within the Parity window:
Click to open the Parity window.
Within the Parity window increase the TOP value by 1, to indicate the termination.]
You must then also increase the Gravida value by 1, to indicate the overall number of pregnancies for this patient.
Patient has been pregnant 3 times and has had 1 miscarriage and 1 termination.
The patient's
current pregnancy then ends successfully. You record
the ending. The Parity window automatically increases the
Para value by 1.