Abstract
El país no cuenta con un instrumento validado para la identificación del riesgo obstétrico. El control prenatal es un programa de tamizaje multifásico, en el que se identifica el riesgo obstétrico de la paciente, con el fin de generar la atención específica que ésta necesite con base en el riesgo identificado. El control prenatal es la prueba tamiz para detectar el alto riesgo obstétrico durante el embarazo. No se ha validado con criterio científico la consulta prenatal como herramienta de tamizaje del riesgo obstétrico. El contenido de las consultas prenatales parece ser más ritualista que el producto de un programa de control de salud racional. Para complicar aún más la evaluación del control prenatal, hay un efecto variable según las poblaciones. No existe ninguna duda sobre la amplia aceptación que tiene el control prenatal en el país. Aunque existe un consenso general sobre muchos factores prenatales y perinatales que aumentan el riesgo obstétrico, no se encuentra en la literatura un acuerdo que permita calcular tal grado de riesgo. Algunos de los registros disponibles comercialmente se han incorporado a los sistemas de puntuación de alto riesgo con el fin de clasificar a las pacientes en categorías de alto y bajo riesgo.
Abstract
We don’t have a validate tool for identifying the high-risk pregnancy. The prenatal care is a multiphase process for putting through that try to identify the pregnancy risk, and allow to physicians take care based in the risk. In fact, the prenatal care is used like a sieve test for detecting the high-risk pregnancy. But this test doesn’t have been validated scientifically for that aim. The contents of the prenatal care programs seem to be more ritualistic than the product of a rational health control program. Besides, the prenatal care has a changer effect according to the population evaluated. But doesn’t exist any doubt about the great acceptance of the prenatal care in the country. Although there is a general assent about a lot of prenatal and perinatal factors that increase the pregnancy risk, doesn’t exist an agreement that allow for working out the risk degree. Some of the records commercially available have been incorporated to the score systems
of high risk for rating the patients in low and high-risk pregnancies.
Keywords: high-risk pregnancy, prenatal care.
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