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. 2022 Jun 29;12(6):e060205. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060205

Table 1.

Summary of data elements in the Pregnancy Exposure Registry

Variables collected Calculated parameters MOU aggregate statistics
Antenatal
Maternal date of birth
Date of first antenatal visit
Last menstrual period
Parity, gravidity
Obstetric and medical history
Chronic medication
Height, mid-upper arm circumference, weight, blood pressure, urinalysis
Symphysis fundal height
Alcohol, tobacco, drug use
Number of antenatal visits
 Gestational age at first antenatal visit  Number of first visits
 Number of women first ANC<20 weeks
 Number age <20 years or >38 years
 Number grand multipara (≥5 deliveries)
 Number high blood pressure/proteinuria
Vertical transmission of HIV
HIV status at first antenatal visit
Subsequent positive HIV test
HIV treatment incl. regimen switches
CD4 count
Viral load
HIV-exposed infant HIV-PCR
 Number of women at high risk of vertical HIVtransmission
 ART in hand at estimated time of conception
 ART in hand at delivery
Number of women living with HIV:
Before pregnancy
During pregnancy
Number of women on ART (first and second line):
Before, during pregnancy
Viral load unsuppressed at pregnancy and delivery
Number of infant birth HIV-PCR
Ultrasound
Gestational age
Abnormalities
Expected date of delivery
 Number of ultrasounds conducted
 Number multiple pregnancies
Maternal outcome
Facility-based death
 Vital status  Maternal death
Peripartum
Date and site of outcome
Method of delivery
Gestational age at outcome
 Prematurity (<37 completed weeks gestation)  Number of deliveries
Pregnancy outcome
Live birth
Stillbirth
Miscarriage
Termination of pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy
Molar pregnancy
 Gestational age at pregnancy outcome  Number of livebirths, stillbirths, miscarriages
Neonate
Date of birth
Sex, APGAR scores
Gestational age
Birth weight, length, head circumference, foot length
Neonatal surface examination
Abnormalities noted
 Gestational age at birth
 Low birth weight (<2500 g)
 Prematurity (<37 completed weeks gestation)
 Neonatal death
 Number of low birth weight infants
 Number premature infants
 Number neonatal deaths
 Perinatal mortality rate

ANC, antenatal care; ART, antiretroviral therapy; MOU, midwife obstetric unit.