title: A retrospective analysis of adolescent pregnancies.
abstract: Pregnancy in adolescence has been and continues to be a problem in public health. A retrospective study of 562 mothers, 18 years of age and below, was carried out. This study has shown a high incidence of preeclampsia (9.9%), low birth weight infants (17.2%), and preterm delivery (9.3%). It is imperative to institute a medical and educational survive with comprehensive prenatal care for adolescent mothers in order to improve the outcome of their pregnancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bozkaya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mocan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Usluca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beşer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gümüştekin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies