Changes in the obstetrical risk of adolescent primiparas: A comparison between 1971–75 and 1983–87

Adolescent primiparas: Changes in obstetrical risk between 1983–1987 and 1999–2005

“…This ongoing debate applies to recent studies 10 as well for those performed some 20 years ago 11 . An earlier study of obstetrical complications in adolescent pregnancies at our department 18 years ago found that adolescent pregnancies did not represent an obstetric risk 12 . The present study compared the data from 1983–1987 with the 5‐year period 1999–2005.…”

“…Intrauterine fetal death, premature delivery and intrauterine growth restriction (birthweight < 2500 g), pre‐eclampsia at the time of delivery, 13,14 breech presentation, operative delivery (cesarean section, forceps or vacuum extraction), and third stage complications (abnormally adherent or incomplete placentas necessitating manual removal or exploration) were abstracted. The data were compared with those from our department for the years 1983–1987 as well as with data of the overall population 12 . Furthermore we compared obstetric of the adolescent population between 1999–2005 with the outcome of mothers at an age of between 20 and 29 years.…”