[Course of pregnancy, delivery in adolescents treated in I Clinical Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Bytom (1997-2001)].
OBJECTIVE
The subject of our analysis was pregnancy, delivery and perinatal outcome in adolescent girls treated in I Clinical Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Bytom in the period 1997-2001.


METHODS
Our materials were 164 pregnant adolescent girls aged 14-18. Course of pregnancy, type of delivery, perinatal outcome and the recourse to cesarean section were retrospectively analysed in our study.


RESULTS
Mean age of adolescent patients in this study was 16 years and 10 months. 141 pregnancies were conducted by natural birth and 23 (14%) by cesarean section. The rate of preterm birth in this analysis was 15.85%.


CONCLUSIONS
1. Adolescent patient pregnancy need special perinatal care. 2. The perinatal outcome of analysed cases were similar to other authors.
Olejek
Anita
A
Katedry i Oddziału Klinicznego Połoznictwa i Ginekologii SlAM w Bytomiu.
Binkiewicz
Przemysław
P
Nowak
Leszek
L
Chimiczewski
Przemysław
P
D000293:Adolescent; D001034:Apgar Score; D001724:Birth Weight; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors