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[Pregnancy and labor in young girls]
Abstract:
The premature sexual contacts in adolescence are the most important factor for the high rate of teenage pregnancies. The authors were observed 528 pregnancies in adolescent girls (aged 13-17 years) and 100 mothers at their 20-24 years, as a control group. There were significant differences between the education level, ethnic origin and professional status in our populations. We founded in adolescent group anaemia in 13.64%, an overweight in 6.44% and preeclampsia-eclampsia in 3.22%. The rate of premature delivery was higher (17.99%), caesarean section were performed in 5.44% and instrumental extraction was practiced in 1.70% of adolescent girls. Despite an pregnancy and delivery with a normal evolution, the mother-fetal prognoses were complicated from the hard psychoemotional, social and economical problems about these young mothers.
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