Question

A 35 year old female is currently pregnant with twins. She has 10 year old triplets who were born at 32 weeks gestation, and 16 years old who was born at 41 week gestation. Twelve years ago she had a miscarriage at 8 weeks gestation. What is her GTPAL?

Answer 1

The patient which summarizes her obstetric history, is 5-1-1-1-5, indicating 5 total pregnancies, including her current one, 1 term birth, 1 preterm birth, 1 abortion, and 5 living children.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is about calculating the which is a system used in medicine to summarize a woman’s obstetric history. The acronym stands for Gravida, Term births, Preterm births, Abortions, and Living .

• Gravida (Total number of pregnancies, including the current pregnancy) = 5
• Term births (Number of pregnancies delivered at 37 weeks or later) = 1
• Preterm births (Number of pregnancies delivered between 20 and 36 weeks) = 1
• Abortions (Total number of miscarriages and elective abortions before 20 weeks gestation) = 1
• Living children (Total number of living children) = 5 currently, but will be 7 once the twins are born

So, the patient’s would be 5-1-1-1-5 (potentially 5-1-1-1-7 after the delivery of the twins)