J Korean Soc Matern Child Health.  2020 Apr;24(2):65-74. 10.21896/jksmch.2020.24.2.65.

Reclassification of High-Risk Pregnancy for Maternal-Fetal Healthcare Providers

• Hwang JY

• KMID: 2500130
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2020.24.2.65

Abstract

High-risk pregnancy is the probability of adverse pregnancy out come is increased over the general pregnant population. Some high-risk pregnancy is the result of a medical condition present before pregnancy. In other cases, a medical condition that develops during pregnancy causes a pregnancy to become high risk. The reason why high-risk pregnancy is importa nt is detecting the risk factors for high risk pregnancy early and preventing the complicated pregnancy. Korean society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (KSOG) announced the classification of high-risk pre gnancy including 95 risk factors: obstetrics risk factors, medical risk factors, physical risk factors and risk factors of current pregnancy. However, this announcement of high-risk pregnancy by KSOG was limited for maternal-fetal healthcare providers to apply their working and making policy. First this didn't include the conception of the complicated pregnancy and high-risk delivery. Second this did not separate the risk factors depend on before and during pregnancy. This review briefly evaluates the classification of high-risk pregnancy by KSOG and suggest the new classification including the complicated pregnancy and high-risk delivery for maternal-fetal healthcare providers.

Keyword

High-risk pregnancy; Maternal fetal healthcare providers; Complicated pregnancy

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  Fig. 1. Percentage of mean age of first marriage, first birth, birth in Korea, 2006–2018.

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  Fig. 2. Percentage of advanced maternal age on pregnancy (>35) in Korea, 2006–2018.

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  Fig. 3. Percentage of preterm birth and low birth neonates in Korea, 2008–2018.

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