Obstetric outcomes of booked teenage pregnancies at University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Boniface Ago,
Abeshi,
Njoku Njoku,
Thomas Agan,
JE Ekabua
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
adolescent health medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-318X
DOI - 10.2147/ahmt.s35234
Subject(s) - uterine atony , medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , low birth weight , vaginal delivery , teenage pregnancy , gynecology , eclampsia , socioeconomic status , population , hysterectomy , surgery , genetics , environmental health , biology
Teenage pregnancy is high-risk and associated with complications due to adverse physiological, anatomical, and socioeconomic factors. The purpose of this study was to determine the patterns and obstetric outcomes of booked teenage pregnancies at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) in Nigeria.
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