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Chapter-14 Pregnancy in Extremes of Ages

BOOK TITLE: Clinical Obstetrics—A Case-based Approach

Author
1. Dhiman Niharika
2. Mishra Pushpa
3. Rastogi Komal
4. Ahuja Nupur
ISBN
9789352702749
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14196_15
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1. Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
2. Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
3. Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
4. Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
Chapter keywords
Teenage pregnancy, adolescent pregnancy, elderly primigravida, high risk pregnancy, preconceptional counseling, sexually transmitted infection, ovarian oocyte reserve

Abstract

Teenage or adolescent pregnancy is the pregnancy occurring in teenagers from puberty to 19 years of age. Births to adolescent mothers represent 10% of births worldwide and contribute to 23% of maternal morbidity and mortality. In India early age of marriage is the leading cause for a higher incidence of teenage pregnancy. Women who become pregnant for the first time after the age of 35 years are termed as elderly primigravida. The chapter discusses about the special investigations other than routine investigations in the cases of pregnancies in extremes of ages, role of preconceptional counseling, risks likely to be encountered, management of delivery, etc.

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