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By Rania wajeh
Examples:

In our daily practice we encounter many medical terms and abbreviations weather in physical claims
· Linda who has had two pregnancies, (both of which resulted in live births), would be noted as G2P2.
or now more and more in the Claim Add/ Details section of the NPC. · Leila who has had four pregnancies, one of which was a miscarriage before 20 weeks, would be noted

Today, I want to share with my colleagues a number of terms and methods used to provide a quick as G4P3A1.

overview of a female’s obstetric history.
· Maria who has had one pregnancy of twins with successful outcomes would be noted as G1P1.

In practice, many methods are used: · Noor who is pregnant for the first time and is carrying twins is presently G1P0. At 37 weeks she deliv-

Gravida/para (GP), Gravida/Para/Abortus (GPA), ered the twins making her G1P1.

TPAL, GTPAL, and others. · Zainab is pregnant for the second time. Her first pregnancy three years ago ended in an abortion.

Zainab is presently G2P0. After delivery of a preterm or a full term baby, Zainab will be G2P1. What if
The widely used are the first two. TPAL and GTPAL Zainab’s pregnancy ends in abortion at 12 weeks? Then Zainab will remain to be G2P0.

provide more details about the status of the offsprings (Term- Preterm- Abortion- living...) Related Terms:

· Gravidity refers to the total number of pregnancies, past and present, regardless of whether these · A gravida is a pregnant woman.

pregnancies were carried to term.
· A nulligravida or gravida 0 is a woman who is not pregnant now or has never been pregnant.
· Parity refers to the total number of births that a woman has had after 20 weeks gestation regardless · A primigravida or gravida 1 is a woman who is pregnant for the first time or has been pregnant one

of whether the child was born alive or was stillborn. Twins or triplets would only be considered as one time.

delivery thus, one parity.
· A multigravida is a woman who has been pregnant more than one time.
· Abortus is the number of pregnancies that were lost for any reason, including induced abortions
· A nullipara or para 0 is a woman man who has never given birth or has never completed a pregnancy
or miscarriages. beyond 20 weeks.

· A primipara is a woman who has given birth once (para 1).

· A multipara is a woman who has given birth two or more times (para 2, para 3 and so on).

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