New corona virus and pregnancy; What should obstetricians know? | ||||
Sohag Medical Journal | ||||
Article 8, Volume 24, Issue 2, April 2020, Page 46-51 PDF (178.01 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/smj.2020.29130.1158 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Ahmed Abdelrahem Ahmed Taha 1; Hatem Aboelftooh Awaga 2; Marwa Zanaty Elsayed3; sara kasem abdelaal4; Salah Roshdy R.Ahmed 5 | ||||
1obstetric and gynecology departement, sohag faculty of medicine | ||||
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of medicine, Sohag University, Egypt. | ||||
3Internal medicine department haematology unit Sohag university hospital Egypt | ||||
4internal medicine department.faculty of medicine.sohag university hospital | ||||
5Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.Sohag Faculty of medicine.Sohag University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
COVID-19, the disease caused by a new coronavirus, has quickly raised the world concern by spreading globally at an accelerated rate and is now a pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. But limited data are available for pregnant women with COVID-19 infection. The pregnant women present a unique challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic and several questions remain about pregnant women and their newborns. whether they will develop distinct symptoms from non-pregnant adults and whether COVID-19 could spread vertically pose risks to the fetus and neonate. Information on adverse pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with COVID-19 is lacking. Previous reports on pregnant women with SARS and MERS show higher case fatality rate, while, COVID-19 appears less-lethal Compared with SARS and MERS, In this study we aim to highlight COVID-19 infection during pregnancy, bringing together the various factors integral to the understanding of clinical manifestations, diagnostic challenge and susceptibleness with the virus, intrauterine infection and maternal-fetal complications, therapeutic controversies, | ||||
Keywords | ||||
COVID-19; pregnancy; maternal outcome; vertical transmissions; fetal outcome | ||||
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