What is the Pregnancies and Perinatal Events (PPE) score?

The Pregnancies and Perinatal Events (PPE) score is primarily a scoring system designed to assess obstetric risk factors throughout the course of pregnancy. This score enables healthcare providers to quantitatively evaluate the potential risks associated with various obstetric conditions and personal health factors that could impact both maternal and fetal outcomes. By summarizing pertinent obstetric history and other significant factors, the PPE score helps in identifying high-risk pregnancies and informs clinical management and care planning.

Other options refer to different aspects of maternal and fetal health but do not accurately represent the purpose or application of the PPE score. For example, measures of prenatal vitamin intake relate specifically to nutritional health, fetal heart monitoring focuses on fetal well-being during labor, and assessments of maternal emotional health concentrate on psychological aspects that are important but unrelated to the quantification of obstetric risk factors as captured by the PPE score.