https://paraguay.bvsalud.org/base_bdnpar?q=&filter=indexed_database%3A%22BDNPAR%22+AND+author%3A%22Costa+Santos+Filho%2C+Eduardo%22 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:31:19 UTC https://paraguay.bvsalud.org/base_bdnpar/resource/?id=biblioref.referenceanalytic.1532701
Introduction. Adolescence is a period of biopsychosocial development that goes from 10 to 19 years old. Pregnancy between these ages is a concern for public health due to everything it entails. Objetive.to know the frequency of teenage pregnant women treated in the maternity service of the Pedro Juan Caballero Regional Hospital in the period from December 2021 to November 2022.Material and Method. Descriptive, retrospective cross-sectional, convenience sampling of adolescents treated in the Gynecology service of the Pedro Juan Caballero Regional Hospital in the period December 2021 to November 2022. Results.20% of the total pregnant women attended were adolescents, 26% of the adolescents were 19 years old, marital status, common-law union 74.5%. 38.2% had at least 5 prenatal checkups. In the Obstetric Gynecological History, 81% were nulliparous. The weight of the 317 children was 2501 to 4000 grams in 83% and in the APGAR score 98.7% had a score of 7-10;82% were born between 37-42 weeks and 50.3% were boys. The most common route of delivery was vaginal with 73% and cephalic presentation in 97%. Conclusion.The frequency of pregnant adolescents represents a fifth of the total pregnant women attended, morethan two thirds were born with adequate weight, mostly an APGAR of 7-10 at 5 minutes and the route by which they were mostly born was vaginal, in cephalic presentation. Key words: pregnant woman; adolescents; childbirth]]> 1532701 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 UTC