Defining high-risk pregnancy: Protocol for a systematic scoping review of clinical determinants, complications, and adverse birth outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Accurately identifying clinical determinants within the medical paradigm is essential for evidence-based planning and management of high-risk pregnancies, and for preventing adverse birth outcomes through targeted interventions. However, a systematic synthesis of regional classification systems, risk factors, complications, and adverse birth outcomes associated with high-risk pregnancies remains lacking.

Objective

This study protocol aims to systematically identify relevant published research, assess the risks of bias, and summarize the routinely collected clinical determinants/data used in classifying high-risk pregnancy status and the relationship of this status with its complications.

Methods and analysis

The bibliographic databases of Cochrane Library

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12527127 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature