title: Teenage pregnancy antenatal and perinatal morbidity: results from a tertiary centre in Greece.
abstract: We present the experience of a tertiary referral hospital in Greece, evaluating obstetric and perinatal outcomes among teenage and average maternal age (AMA) women. We retrospectively assessed all singleton pregnancies during a twelve-month period (January-December 2012). A total of 1,704 cases were reviewed and divided into two groups: one of AMA mothers (20-34 years old) (1,460 women) and the other of teenage mothers (12-19 years old) (244 women). We observed significantly higher incidence rates of preterm births (p < 0.001), preterm premature rupture of the membranes (p < 0.001), gestational hypertension (p < 0.001), preeclampsia (p = 0.043) and Apgar scores < 7 at 5 min (p = 0.015) among teenage mothers. Antenatal surveillance was decreased among teenage mothers (p < 0.001), while rates of anaemia were higher (p < 0.001). Teenage pregnancy is accompanied by significant antenatal and perinatal complications that need specific obstetrical attention. Obstetricians should be aware of these complications in order to ameliorate the antenatal outcome of childbearing teenagers.
authors.affiliation: a 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Athens University, Alexandra Hospital , Greece.|b Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research N.S. Christeas , Athens , Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pergialiotis
authors.affiliation: a 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Athens University, Alexandra Hospital , Greece.
authors.forename: D-E G
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Vlachos
authors.affiliation: b Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research N.S. Christeas , Athens , Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gkioka
authors.affiliation: b Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research N.S. Christeas , Athens , Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsotra
authors.affiliation: a 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Athens University, Alexandra Hospital , Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papantoniou
authors.affiliation: a 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Athens University, Alexandra Hospital , Greece.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Vlachos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001034:Apgar Score; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000453:epidemiology; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D046110:Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000453:epidemiology; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: antenatal; perinatal; preeclampsia; pregnancy; teenage