title: Pregnancy during Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate pregnancy during war-time deployment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of gynecology visits was evaluated at Camp Doha, Kuwait, from August 2003 through April 2004. Of the 1,737 visits, 77 demonstrated a positive pregnancy test. These charts were evaluated for factors that may lead to important information for future deployments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average age of the female soldier with a positive pregnancy test in theater was 27 +/- 7 years. The primary presenting complaint was amenorrhea. Ninety-two percent had an ultrasound. Fifty-four percent of visits were active duty, followed by Reserve, National Guard, and civilian government employees. Ninety-two percent were administratively redeployed. Seventy-seven percent of the soldiers became pregnant in country. Twenty-three percent arrived in country pregnant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the number of pregnancies before and during deployment, current screening procedures as well as new concepts in prevention need to be addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
authors.forename: Todd S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Albright
authors.forename: Alan P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gehrich
authors.forename: Johnnie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Christine F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lettieri
authors.forename: Susan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dunlow
authors.forename: Jerome L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Buller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D007730:Kuwait; D008875:Middle Aged; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*