Predicting complications in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: external validation of a prognostic model for adverse perinatal outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prediction models can be used as simple evidence-based tools to identify fetuses at risk of perinatal death. Payne et al developed a prognostic model for perinatal death in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a leading cause of maternal/fetal morbidity and mortality.

Objective

This study aimed to externally validate the predictive performance of this model in pregnant women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy admitted between 26 and 34 weeks of gestation in Ghana.

Study design

The perinatal model was applied in the SPOT (Severe Pre-eclampsia adverse Outcome Triage) study, a cohort of women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy admitted between 26 and 34 weeks of gestation to referral facilities in Ghana. Predictive performance was assess

SUBMITTER: Olde Loohuis KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11952792 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature