Pregnancy in the adolescent patient. Screening, diagnosis, and initial management.

Despite declines in adolescent pregnancy rates in the past decade, unplanned pregnancies among adolescents remain a significant problem in the United States. Clinicians caring for adolescents can be certain to encounter pregnancy in their patients. This article addresses surveillance and diagnosis for pregnancy in the adolescent, management, and referral of the newly-diagnosed pregnant adolescent, early pregnancy complications, common medical conditions affecting pregnancy in adolescents, and management of the postpartum and postabortal adolescent.