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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-12-14
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| pubmed:abstractText |
We evaluated the utility of a focussed, multidisciplinary adolescent clinic in improving perinatal outcomes. The study population included all delivering unmarried teenagers (13-19 years) from January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1995 attending the focussed adolescent obstetrical clinic compared to a similar cohort of married teenagers (13-19 years), married 20-24 year-old patients, and unmarried 20-24 year-old patients. There were no statistical differences in chorioamnionitis, intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), postpartum haemorrhage, maternal weight gain, mean gestational age at delivery, preterm delivery rates (<37 weeks), low birth-weight (<2,500 g), Caesarean delivery, postterm delivery rates (>41 weeks), macrosomia (>4,000 g), placental abruption, chronic hypertension, alcohol use, Apgar scores or stillbirth rates or neonatal death rates among the 4 groups studied. Statistical differences were noted in mean delivery weights (p<0.05), preeclampsia (p<0.004), gestational diabetes (p<0.01), history of substance abuse (p<0.0001), tobacco use (p<0.0001), and forceps delivery rates (p<0.004). However, in the teen cohort none of these differences appeared to adversely affect perinatal outcomes in our patients. The focussed, adolescent obstetrical clinic appears to provide perinatal morbidities equal to a low-risk, general population generating better than expected outcomes for pregnant teenagers.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Aug
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| pubmed:issn |
0004-8666
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
38
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
280-3
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-11
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Hospitals, Military,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Hospitals, Teaching,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Pregnancy,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Pregnancy Outcome,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Prenatal Care,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Retrospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Single Parent,
pubmed-meshheading:9761153-Washington
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| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Use of a focussed teen prenatal clinic at a military teaching hospital: model for improved outcomes of unmarried mothers.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431, United States of America.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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