Polish PTGiP experts have created the latest recommendations for the management of adolescent pregnancy. They were developed by a group of more than a dozen specialists led by Prof. Agnieszka Drosdzol-Cop, head of the Child and Girl Gynecology Subdepartment at the Hospital of the Order of Brothers Hospitals of the Guardian Angels in Katowice, the only such department in Poland, and the Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecologic Oncology of the Silesian Medical University in Katowice.
The first Polish recommendations for the management of adolescent pregnancy have been created
Published May 16, 2023 12:36
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Nowe rekomendacje to kompendium wiedzy dla lekarzy z Polski, którzy prowadząc takie ciąże mogą skorzystać z wiedzy bardziej doświadczonych kolegów. Wcześniej w Polsce takich rekomendacji nie było, a lekarze z całego świata (także z Polski) opierali się na materiałach kanadyjskich. Teraz mogą korzystać z aktualnych i bogatszych doświadczeń polskich specjalistów.
The purpose of the recommendation is to present the current state of knowledge on adolescent pregnancy based on the authors' experience and sound scientific data. The publication also aims to identify and present how to deal with potential complications. Thus, it is a kind of instruction manual for doctors, very helpful in their daily work, especially for medics without experience in this field.
- Due to possible problems and complications, every adolescent pregnancy should be treated as a high-risk pregnancy, explains Prof. Agnieszka Drosdzol-Cop, chairwoman of the Section of Pediatric and Girls' Gynecology of PTGiP. - The most common obstetric pathologies in young mothers, include infections (including congenital), anemia, pre-eclampsia, hypertension, diabetes, fetal growth restriction, preterm labor or specific anatomical defects of fetuses. The perinatal and postpartum period is also a major challenge.
Prowadzenie takiej ciąży i porodu wymaga sprzętu, doświadczenia i aktualnej wiedzy. Szpital Zakonu Bonifratrów pw. Aniołów Stróżów, to jedyne miejsce w Polsce, gdzie po pomoc zgłaszać mogą się najmłodsze pacjentki w ciąży. To tutaj mogą liczyć na kompleksową diagnostykę w czasie ciąży oraz poród.
Annually around the world, nearly 16 million teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19 and 2 million girls under the age of 15 become pregnant. Polish statistics show 10,000 pregnant girls under the age of 19.
The recommendations were created under the auspices of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians. Among the authors - in addition to Prof. Agnieszka Drosdzol-Cop - are Prof. Rafal Stojko, MD, head of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department at the Hospital of the Order of St. John of God in Katowice, as well as doctors from the hospital, Dr. Jakub Staniczek and Dr. Dominika Orszulak, and Prof. Piotr Sieroszewski, MD, president of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians.
Rekomendacja dostępne są na stronie: https://journals.viamedica.pl/ginekologia_polska/article/view/GP.a2023.0038
