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Relationship between obstetric complications between adolescents and adults

Abstract:

A pregnant adolescent is classified as a woman who is between puberty (beginning of childbearing age) and the last stage of late adolescence. Preeclampsia causes a complication in pregnancy, which is characterized by increased blood pressure and proteinuria, which can be with or without signs of severity depending according to the signs and symptoms that the patient has. It occurs after 20 weeks of gestation and may appear even one day after delivery. Hypertensive disorders in pregnant women are one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality according to the WHO, especially in developing countries such as Latin America. In Ecuador, preeclampsia was declared the main cause of maternal death. Being this frequent during pregnancy, in a percentage between 2% and 25% worldwide.