# High-risk pregnancy

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class WD71 - condition scope only, no dose · Initial Antepartum Care - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (NBK570635) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570635/ · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

```text
HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY
Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class WD71 -
         condition scope only, no dose · Initial Antepartum Care - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
         (NBK570635) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570635/ · No dose - referral pathway,
         no medicine given in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)    [1st line]
   Adult    Covers a broad group of pregnancies with risk factors such as multiple gestation,
            previous caesarean section, placenta praevia, or anaemia; the GP recognises risk factors
            and ensures referral to obstetric-led care. - Refer, with advice
   Peds     Adult-only condition - paediatric section not applicable
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      Covers a broad group of pregnancies with risk factors such as multiple gestation,
            previous caesarean section, placenta praevia, or anaemia; the GP recognises risk factors
            and ensures referral to obstetric-led care.
   Caution  Any high-risk factor combined with bleeding, severe headache, or reduced fetal movements
            needs urgent obstetric assessment.
            No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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