New corona virus and pregnancy; What should obstetricians know?
| Autor: | Salah Roshdy Ahmed, Hatem Aboelftooh Awaga, Marwa Zanaty Elsayed, Sara Kasem Abdelaal, Ahmed Abdelrahem Ahmed Taha |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pregnancy Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry 010102 general mathematics Disease medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease 01 natural sciences Virus World health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Case fatality rate Pandemic Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics business Intensive care medicine Coronavirus |
| Zdroj: | Sohag Medical Journal. :46-51 |
| ISSN: | 1687-8353 |
| DOI: | 10.21608/smj.2020.29130.1158 |
| Popis: | 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 |
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