title: Evaluation of pregnancy and delivery in low gynecologic age adolescents.
abstract: 178 pregnant adolescents of under 16 years of age were studied. 94 patients who conceived at a gynecologic age (G.A.) less than or equal to 3 years were studied independently of their chronological age (C.A.). The incidence of gestosis and pre-term delivery was 4.2% and 17.20%, respectively. 22.22% of the infants born to patients with G.A. = 3 years, weighed less than 2,500 g . ; and 7.4% of these newborns had Apgar Scores of 1-3: these results were unexpected. Patients with G.A. = 1 are at increased risk of cesarean section, while those with G.A. = 2 are at a high risk of forceps delivery.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001034:Apgar Score; D001724:Birth Weight; D002648:Child; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007746:Labor Presentation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence