PEDIATRICS Vol. 32 No. 5 November 1963, pp. 902-910
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OBSTETRIC AND PEDIATRIC COMPLICATIONS OF JUVENILE PREGNANCY

Frederick C. Battaglia M.D.1, Todd M. Frazier Sc.M.2, and Andre E. Hellegers M.D.3

1 Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
2 Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
3 The Bureau of Biostatistics, Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, Maryland

The outcome of 636 pregnancies occurring to girls aged 14 or less in the years 1936-1960 has been analyzed. A higher incidence of toxemia, contracted pelvis, prematurity, immaturity, and perinatal mortality than is contained in reports in the literature was found. The size of the problem in an Eastern seaboard city was studied by the use of Baltimore City Health Department data. The conclusion is reached that in the study of pregnancy outcome in very young girls one should guard against dilution of statistics pertaining to the very young, by data pertaining to those in their later teens.

Submitted on February 21, 1963
Accepted on April 25, 1963




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