Obstetrics in the very young adolescent

Coates, John B.

doi:10.1016/0002-9378(70)90206-1

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“…In other studies, the prevalence of pregnancyinduced hypertension amongst adolescent primigravidae ranged from 7.3% to 36% (Lewis and Nash, 1967;Utian, 1967;Coates, 1970). In the present study it was 15.970, similar to that of the controls and to the figures of 10-15% quoted for.primigravidae in most obstetric populations.…”

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Adolescent Primigravidae and Their Obstetric Performance

Lee¹,

Walters²

1983

Aust NZ J Obst Gynaeco

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The obstetric performance of adolescent primigravidae in a major metropolitan teaching hospital was analysed retrospectively and found to be similar, if not superior, to that of a control group of primigravidae. This was surprising in view of the late antenatal presentation of the adolescents and their smaller physique. More low birth weight infants, however, were born to adolescent than to older primigravidae, although the perinatal mortality was not increased because of this.

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Adolescent Primigravidae and Their Obstetric Performance

Lee¹,

Walters²

1983

Aust NZ J Obst Gynaeco

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“…[2][3][4][5][6][7] We are also told that almost 40% of non-white households live below what the Social Security Administration calls "the poverty level," attain less schooling and less employment.8 Inasmuch as a "relatively" high percentage of women delivered in the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania are black, with many in their teens, a significant proportion of whose medical expenses are covered by various Government subsidies, an obvious opportunity was presented to elicit further information concerning these conditions, their causes and their possible alleviation.9 Dr. Sarrel, of Yale emphasized in 1967 the depressing cycle which was set in motion by teenage pregnancy when no special attention was given to the young mother. In his words, "an out-of-wedlock pregnancy in these teenagers signaled the beginning of a cycle-a cycle consisting of failure to continue education, dependence on the state welfare system, never creating their own stable family, and continuing the reproduction of illegitimate offspring.…”

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One hundred pregnant adolescents, treatment approaches in a university hospital.

Dickens¹,

Mudd²,

Garcia³

et al. 1973

Am J Public Health

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“…Early studies have shown that mothers less than 16 years old are at a greater risk of having preterm deliveries, low birth weight infants, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths than adult mothers (Briggs et al, 1962;Battaglia et al, 1963;Israel and Wouterz, 1963;Stearn, 1963;Claman and Bell, 1964; Hulka and Schaaf, 1964;Coates, 1970;Coetzee, 1970;Clark, 1971;Niswander and Gordon, 1972;Raugh et al, 1973;Duenhoelter et al, 1975;Zlatnik and Burmeister, 1977). From an analysis of more than 3 million births that occurred in 1976 in the US., it is evident that irrespective of race, parity, prenatal care, mother's educational level, or marital status, teenagers have a greater percentage of low birth weight infants than do adults (Taffell, 1980).…”

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Developmental and nutritional determinants of pregnancy outcome among teenagers

Frisancho

Matos²,

Leonard

et al. 1985

American J Phys Anthropol

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To investigate the determinants of low birth weight in infants born to adolescent mothers, we studied the obstetric population attended at the Maternity Hospital of Lima, Peru. From this population, 1256 gravidas, ranging in age from 12 to 25 years, volunteered to participate in this study. Anthropometric and biochemical measurements were used to evaluate the nutritional status and physiological maturity of the mother and newborn. For analytical reasons the young teenaged mothers (less than 15 years) were classified as either still-growing or having completed their growth, depending on their height relative to their parents' height. Similarly, the young teenagers were classified as either gynecologically immature or gynecologically mature depending on whether their gynecological age was less than or greater than 2 years. Our results indicate that young still-growing teenagers, even when matched for nutritional status, have smaller newborns than adult mothers. The data also demonstrate that maternal gynecological age per se does not affect prenatal growth. As inferred from multivariate analyses, it appears that the reduction in birth weight among young teenagers can be explained in part by a decreased net availability of nutrients resulting from the competition for nutrients between the mother's growth needs and the growth needs of her fetus and by an inability of the teenage placenta to maintain placental function adequately for active fetal growth.

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Obstetrics in the very young adolescent

Cited by 42 publications

References 9 publications

Adolescent Primigravidae and Their Obstetric Performance

Adolescent Primigravidae and Their Obstetric Performance

One hundred pregnant adolescents, treatment approaches in a university hospital.

Developmental and nutritional determinants of pregnancy outcome among teenagers

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