On 25 May 2002 at 17:42, AJ Macfarlane wrote:
> Are these antenatal admissions rather than admitted for labour,
> perhaps?
category X patients include the following examples
In some units they will be seen in a day assessment unit or admitted to an antenatal
ward for assessment
so they are those women seen on labour ward that are not in established labour and
after assessment do not require any intervention.
Hope this helps
wendy
Old brown P.V. loss
Reduced fetal movements. (CTG etc and home)
Pre elective LSCS clerking
Routine repeat CTG
?Spontaneous Rupture of membranes (either admitted
or home)
?? Early labour ( may go home or be admitted)
General aches and pains and feeling unwell
> Is it an artefact of the Birthrate plus scoring system?
> The old Hospital In-Patient Enquiry had a category, 'admitted prior to
> labour' which was useful for interpreting inductiuon rates, as people
> always confuse induction and augmentation. See 'Birth counts'.
> I had never heard of 'Birthrate plus until about a month ago and only a
> week ago saw the report of what was done in East London. It looked as if a
> lot of what was being recorded was already on the computer, hence my
> previous question, to which no one has replied!
>
> Alison
>
>
> On Sat, 25 May 2002, Jane sandall wrote:
>
> > I have another query. Why do you think this number of women come in at this
> > eraly stage. Has this phenomenum increasing over the last ten years and how
> > are women dealt with when they come in??
> >
> > Regards
> > Jane Sandall
> > PS does anyone have any data on this in an audit or a report that I can
> > reference???
> >
>
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