Abortion in adolescents, experience at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital.

• Autores: Acho Mego, Segundo, Camposano, Denis, Canova, Eduardo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
• Repositorio: Revista SPOG - Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.spog:article/402
• Enlace del recurso: http://www.spog.org.pe/web/revista/index.php/RPGO/article/view/402
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

OBJETIVE: To determine the incidence, demographic characteristics and complications of abortion in adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive, retrospective case series, held at the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital between 2000 and 2003. RESULTS Study type: From a total of 2222 abortions, 325 were adolescents. The incidence in adolescents was 14.7%. Most are concentrated in the age group of 17-19 years (73.6%). 59.4% interrupted their pregnancy before 17 weeks. The most common discharge diagnosis was incomplete abortion (67.1%); 12.8% agreed to have undergone abortion maneuvers and 9.4% had had a previous pregnancy. The most frequent complications were income 54.1% anemia and urinary tract infection 9.4%. CONCLUSION: The abortion occurred more frequently in late adolescence; the most common diagnosis was incomplete abortion and the most common complication of acute anemia.