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  • Title: Outcome of adolescent pregnancy at a university hospital in Jordan.
    Author: Al-Ramahi M, Saleh S.
    Journal: Arch Gynecol Obstet; 2006 Jan; 273(4):207-10. PubMed ID: 16205933.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine whether adolescent pregnancies are associated with increased risk of adverse obstetrical outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective study comparing the obstetric outcome of 267 adolescent pregnancies to 500 adult women pregnancies during the same period at a university hospital. RESULTS: Medical and obstetric complications including pregnancy-induced hypertension, diabetes mellitus, anemia, placenta praevia, abruptio placenta and multiple pregnancy were not different in both groups, where there was a significant increase of preterm labor in adolescent pregnancies compared to adult pregnancies (14.6 and 8%, respectively). Moreover, adolescent pregnancies when compared to adult pregnancies, were associated with a significantly higher incidence of forceps delivery (4.5 and 1.4%, respectively), neonatal intensive care unit admission (22.7 and 13.5%, respectively) and a lower incidence of caesarean section (7.1 and 16.8%, respectively). CONCLUSION: Adolescent pregnancies are associated with a favorable obstetric outcome apart from the higher incidence of preterm labor.
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