Family Planning in Teens

• Autores: Bachmann Sánchez, Carlos, Mascaro Sánchez, Pedro
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
• Repositorio: Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/674
• Enlace del recurso: http://51.222.106.123/index.php/RPGO/article/view/674
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

The clinical study of 262 adolescent users IUD's served in the Maternity Hospital of Lima in the space of 20 months is carried out. 86% of these adolescents reported not having used any contraceptive method before. Postpartum 56% no longer wish to have more children and 44% want to space births. 24% of them presented obstetric history and where abortion prevailed. Cohabitants, mestizo and dedicated to household chores are the vast majority of them. 12 involuntary expulsions occurred, which gives a rate of 2.7 per 100 years of use. 20 extractions were performed by pain and bleeding which gives a rate of 4.6 per 100 years of use. Five pregnancies occurred, which gives a failure rate of 1.1 per 100 years of use. 86% of users had their first control and end of the study 23% of them had four controls.