Showing papers on "Labor Complication published in 2002"

Brief communication Pregnancy and labor complications in teenagers in Tehran

Abstract: Our study did not show a higher rate of obstetric complications in teenagers than in 20-29-year-old mothers. Our results also indicate that all teenagers should not be grouped together when their obstetric outcomes are compared with those of adults. The slight differences observed in different reports might be due partly to racial characteristics and regional differences in the risk factors influencing teenage pregnancies. These risk factors include intention to become pregnant smoking during pregnancy low educational attainment of teenage mothers and lack of appropriate prenatal care. In our country because of the national and religious culture unintended pregnancies reaching delivery are quite rare smoking is not common among teenage females and family support for pregnant teenagers is similar to that of older mothers and is often good. (excerpt)

Labor induction after fetal death. A retrospective analysis.

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To describe the delivery outcomes in patients with stillborn infants after labor induction versus spontaneous onset of labor. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective chart review was performed of singleton pregnancies complicated by fetal death over a three-year period when awaiting spontaneous onset of labor was a common practice. Exclusion criteria were prior multiple cesarean deliveries, placenta previa, preeclampsia or suspected abruptio placentae. Outcome measures included time spent in the labor and delivery unit and rates of maternal hemorrhagic morbidity and endomyometritis. RESULTS: Two hundred eight patients, 100 patients undergoing labor induction and 108 with spontaneous onset of labor, met the study criteria. Patients delivering after induction spent a longer time in the labor and delivery unit (13.7 versus 4.4 hours). The endomyometritis rate was higher in the spontaneous labor group (6% versus 1%). There were no differences in the frequency of postpartum hemorrhage, retained placenta or need for blood transfusion. CONCLUSION: Induction following diagnosis of fetal death is safe and may reduce maternal infectious morbidity.