Guest guest Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 I have a couple of questions for the group. What do G, P, and Ab mean to you? Not just what they stand for, but what the words actually mean and how they are used. A female patient who is not pregnant at this time tells you that she has been pregnant five times, she has had one full term delivery and that child is still living, she had one stillborn at about 7 months gestation, and 3 miscarriages (each at about 3 - 4 weeks gestation). What are her G-P-Ab numbers? Feel free to use another (or more detailed) format if you want. We had a group discussion about this today, and found that we had some unexpected differences of opinion. Then, we checked a variety of references and also found differences there. Maxine Pate hire-Pattison EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 GRAVIDA The number of times a woman has been pregnant. PARA The number of times she has given birth ABORTIS Numer of fetal losses before 20 weeks. A GIPO or POGI is a woman pregnant with her first pregnancy (G1P0) Often these are followed by: T P A L T=TERM P=PREMATURE A=Abortions L=Living Children A women pregnant for the 4th time, has had 1 abortion and has two living children is a: G4P3 (2-0-1-2) Does that help? Page 653 of Volume 3 of Paramedic Care: Principles and Practices 2/ed has a good discussion of this if I do say so. G, P, Ab I have a couple of questions for the group. What do G, P, and Ab mean to you? Not just what they stand for, but what the words actually mean and how they are used. A female patient who is not pregnant at this time tells you that she has been pregnant five times, she has had one full term delivery and that child is still living, she had one stillborn at about 7 months gestation, and 3 miscarriages (each at about 3 - 4 weeks gestation). What are her G-P-Ab numbers? Feel free to use another (or more detailed) format if you want. We had a group discussion about this today, and found that we had some unexpected differences of opinion. Then, we checked a variety of references and also found differences there. Maxine Pate hire-Pattison EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 The patient in question would be: G5 P2 A3 Or G5 P2 (1-1-3-1) G, P, Ab I have a couple of questions for the group. What do G, P, and Ab mean to you? Not just what they stand for, but what the words actually mean and how they are used. A female patient who is not pregnant at this time tells you that she has been pregnant five times, she has had one full term delivery and that child is still living, she had one stillborn at about 7 months gestation, and 3 miscarriages (each at about 3 - 4 weeks gestation). What are her G-P-Ab numbers? Feel free to use another (or more detailed) format if you want. We had a group discussion about this today, and found that we had some unexpected differences of opinion. Then, we checked a variety of references and also found differences there. Maxine Pate hire-Pattison EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Dr. Bledsoe, Thanks for the reply. Para is the part where we ran into differences. Some sources give a specific gestation age; others do not. Some say that it refers to the numbr of pregnancies that have delivered (so twins would count as 1); others say that it refers to the number of babies that have delivered (so twins would count as 2). Some sources say that only deliveries that result in a live birth count; some say that all deliveries count, living or dead. The sources included EMS textbooks, internet searches, and the usual number of " My instructor taught... " , " A doctor told me... " , " An L & D nurse said... " type of references. This all started with a sitting-around-the-station discussion today. Each of us was so confident that we were doing it " the right way " that we were surprised to find that there were so many differences. I decided to post the question to the group out of curiosity - I wondered if these differences or misunderstandings are common. Maxine ---- Original message ---- Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 23:36:59 -0500 Subject: RE: G, P, Ab To: <texasems-l > >GRAVIDA > >The number of times a woman has been pregnant. > >PARA > >The number of times she has given birth > >ABORTIS > >Numer of fetal losses before 20 weeks. > >A GIPO or POGI is a woman pregnant with her first pregnancy (G1P0) > >Often these are followed by: T P A L > >T=TERM >P=PREMATURE >A=Abortions >L=Living Children > >A women pregnant for the 4th time, has had 1 abortion and has two living >children is a: G4P3 (2-0-1-2) > >Does that help? > >Page 653 of Volume 3 of Paramedic Care: Principles and Practices 2/ed has a >good discussion of this if I do say so. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Twins would count as 1 delivery. Thus a mother who just delivered twins would be a G1P1 (2-0-0-2). All deliveries past 20 weeks count (alive or dead) or infants weighing more than 500 grams. A woman who has had 2 abortions and 3 miscarriages would be a G5P0 (0-0-5-0). OB still retains many of the old terms and phrases (i.e., Grand Multiparity). BTW: AMA in OB is Advanced Maternal Age and means the mother is over 35 years. RE: G, P, Ab To: <texasems-l > >GRAVIDA > >The number of times a woman has been pregnant. > >PARA > >The number of times she has given birth > >ABORTIS > >Numer of fetal losses before 20 weeks. > >A GIPO or POGI is a woman pregnant with her first pregnancy (G1P0) > >Often these are followed by: T P A L > >T=TERM >P=PREMATURE >A=Abortions >L=Living Children > >A women pregnant for the 4th time, has had 1 abortion and has two living >children is a: G4P3 (2-0-1-2) > >Does that help? > >Page 653 of Volume 3 of Paramedic Care: Principles and Practices 2/ed has a >good discussion of this if I do say so. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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