Are teenage pregnancies at high risk? A comparison study in a developing country

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-577

  Sagili, Haritha ^a   Pramya, N ^a   Prabhu, Karthiga ^a   Mascarenhas, Mariano ^a   Rani, P Reddi ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Obstetric outcome; Perinatal outcome; Pre term labour; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARITY; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; YATES CONTINUITY CORRECTION; INJURY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863220149     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-1987-6     Document Type: Article

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