Adolescent deliveries in semi-urban Cameroon: prevalence and adverse neonatal outcomes
| Autor: | Tsi Njim, Valirie Ndip Agbor |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Urban Population Adverse outcomes lcsh:Medicine General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy medicine Prevalence Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Cameroon Adverse neonatal outcomes lcsh:Science (General) lcsh:QH301-705.5 Severe asphyxia Demography 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Semi urban business.industry Obstetrics lcsh:R Infant Newborn Pregnancy Outcome General Medicine medicine.disease Delivery Obstetric Regional hospital Low birth weight Research Note lcsh:Biology (General) Neonatal outcomes Obstetric history Pregnancy in Adolescence Adolescent deliveries Female medicine.symptom business lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2017) BMC Research Notes |
| ISSN: | 1756-0500 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13104-017-2555-3 |
| Popis: | Objectives Adolescent pregnancies are high risk due to the increased probability of adverse outcomes; as adolescents are usually considered to be ill-equipped to deal with the burden of pregnancy. We sought to determine the prevalence of adolescent deliveries in a secondary-level care hospital in semi-urban Cameroon-Bamenda, the adverse neonatal outcomes and to assess if previous obstetric history could preclude adolescents from having adverse outcomes in their present pregnancy. Results The prevalence of adolescent deliveries was 8.7% (95% CI 7.01–10.73%). The neonates of adolescent mothers were more likely to have severe asphyxia (OR 4.0; 95% CI 1.2–12.9; p = 0.03) and low birth weight (OR 2.4; 95% CI 1.3–4.4; p |
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