title: Pregnancy outcome score: a clinical indicator of the childbirth process.
abstract: Clinical indicators associated with the process of childbirth are either gross (e.g. perinatal mortality rate) or measures of intervention (e.g. Caesarean section rate). Morbidity and process are rarely, if ever, addressed. We developed and piloted a simple pregnancy outcome score as a comparative indicator of outcome. This scoring system is easy to apply, and there was a positive and significant correlation between the pregnancy outcome score and the risk status of the patients.
authors.affiliation: North Queensland Clinical School, University of Queensland, Cairns Base Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Humphrey
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Humphrey
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009017:Morbidity; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000145:classification*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology