[Ultrasonic screening of pregnant teenagers]

Ultrasonography was applied to investigate 218 pregnant girls aged 11 to 16 for a period of 6 years, 70 of whom were examined in the first trimester and 148--in the second and third trimester. The girls presented the following disturbances: bleeding, expected premature birth, complications of pregnancy such as preeclampsia-eclampsia, suspected pelvio-fetal disproportions. Standard biometry was applied using automatic recording of body weigh by the formula of Campel. Missed abortion was diagnosed in 10 patients in the first trimester and 12 were found with blighted ovum. Ultrasound screening and cardiotocography are the most reliable to examine the status of the fetus.