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Published on: January 12, 2018
[Analysis of teenage pregnancy outcome and delivery between 2000 and 2006]
Magdalena Rycel1, Jan Wilczyński, Wojciech Sobala
1Klinika Medycyny Matczyno-Płodowej i Ginekologii (KMMPiG), Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki (ICZMP) w Łodzi.
Objectives:
The aim of our analysis was to retrospectively analyze the course of pregnancy and delivery in the group of Polish women, aged from 15 to 25.
Material And Methods:
We analyzed 345 woman, aged 15-25, treated in the KMMPiG ICZMP in Lodz between the years 2000 and 2006. The investigated patients were divided into two groups: 15-18-year-olds constituted the research group and 19-25-year-olds, that is the control group. Factors which have been taken into consideration included: pregnancy history, ultrasound examinations, delivery mode, birth weight and the APGAR score.
Results:
62.7% (n = 69) delivered naturally, 30.9% (n = 34) by caesarean section and 6.36% (n = 7) by forceps in the group of adolescents and 67.6% (n = 159), 32.4% (n = 71) and 2% (n = 5) (p = 0.379; OR 1.27) in the control group. 25.5% (n = 26) of the adolescent women (< 37 week of gestation, WG) and 20.7% (n = 48) of the controls (p = 0.39; OR 1.31) had a pre-term delivery. There were 3.9% multiparas in the group of teenagers and 20.7% among adolescents (p = 0.001). Fetal malformations were diagnosed prenatally in 13.7% (n = 14) of newborns delivered by adolescents mothers and 11.6% (n = 27) in the control group (p = 0.591; OR 1.21).
Conclusions:
Despite the dangers connected with the young age of the mother, the results of this study allow us to state that teenage pregnancy usually has a correct course and does not differ significantly from the pregnancy of an adult woman.
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