Abstract

SUAREZ GARCIA, Nuvia et al. Indicators of adolescent mothers having newborn infants admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.1, pp.14-25. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: pregnancy in adolescence constitutes a negative health indicator that provokes serious maternal-child consequences. Objective: to evaluate maternal-perinatal and neonatal indicators in adolescent mothers admitted at "Abel Santamaria Cuadrado" University General Hospital during 2010. Material and method: an applied, observational, analytical, retrospective, case-control type study which target group comprised 5363 live-born babies during the period, assigning as cases (n=59): newborn infants who were admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), newborn infants of adolescent mothers ( Results: the majority of the adolescents whose newborn infants were admitted to NICU were primigravida (69.49%) (OR=5.63; CI 95%: 2.7-11.8); 45, 6% suffered from some affection (OR=2.27; CI 95%: 1.12-4.59), prevailing Premature Rupture of Membranes (18.64%) and pregnancy-induced hypertension (11.86%), 49,15% of newborn infants were premature (OR=3.11; CI 95 %: 1.53-6.38), 52.54% were low-birth-weight infants (OR=3.4; CI 95%: 1.67-3.95) and 59,32% got the Apgar score of Conclusions: adolescence had a negative influence on perinatal and neonatal indicators increasing the risks of diseases associated with pregnancy: prematurity, low-weight and depression at birth.

Keywords : Low-birth-weight infant; Pregnancy-induced hypertension; Cesarean section; Apgar score; Premature infant.

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