[The development of pregnancy and labor in adolescents]

271 girls under the age of 16 years and 21-under the age of 14 years delivered at the obstetric clinic during the last three years (1985-1987). Compared with the total number of deliveries the frequency of deliveries in teenagers represented 2.7%. 1191 (11.7%) teenagers delivered at the adolescent age (up to 18 years) during the same period of time and 1781 (17.7%) teenagers performed induced interruption of pregnancy. The authors think that this frequency gives sufficient foundation to study obstetric problems in teenagers. The following parameters were examined: age, social status, menarche, pathology and duration of pregnancy, attendance to antenatal clinic, parity, way of delivery, complications of the mother and fetus during delivery. Besides some reservations a general inference is made that advancement and delivery in teenagers according to the material analysed from an obstetric point of view did not present more elements of pathology, encountered after that age. The authors widen their study and outline problems from psychosocial aspect, taking into consideration some medicobiological peculiarities in the course of pregnancy and delivery in this rather young group of teenagers.