Retardo del crecimiento intrauterino en embarazos adolescentes. Revisión bibliográfica

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescent pregnancy is recognized as a public health problem worldwide, representing a high risk of morbidity and mortality for mother and child. Complications of adolescent pregnancy, such as intrauterine growth retardation, can affect individual and population health. Objectives: To analyze the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of intrauterine growth retardation in adolescent pregnancy. Methodology: A narrative literature review is conducted by searching different scientific articles published in Spanish and English in the main databases such as Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and PubMed. The keywords used were ¨complications of teenage pregnancy,¨ ¨intrauterine growth retardation,¨ ¨adolescents,¨ ¨adolescent childbirth,¨ ¨risks of teenage pregnancy,¨ articulated by applying Boolean operators such as AND, OR, NOT. Results: The outcomes will describe the frequency with which intrauterine growth retardation occurs, clinical manifestations and control findings, diagnostic methods, and therapeutic recommendations.