Obstetric Management of COVID-19 in Pregnant Women

Obstetric Management of COVID-19 in Pregnant Women

Youwen Mei, Dan Luo, Sumei Wei, Xiaoyan Liao, Yue Pan, Xiao Yang, Yonghong Lin

The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is caused by the novel beta coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is currently prevalent all over the world, causing thousands of deaths with relatively high virulence. Like two other notable beta coronaviruses, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-1 (SARS-CoV-1) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), SARS-CoV-2 can lead to severe contagious respiratory disease. Due to impaired cellular immunity and physiological changes, pregnant women are susceptible to respiratory disease and are more likely to develop severe pneumonia. Given the prevalence of COVID-19, it is speculated that some pregnant women have already been infected. However, limited data are available for the clinical course and management of COVID-19 in pregnancy. Therefore, we conducted this review to identify strategies for the obstetric management of COVID-19. We compared the clinical course and outcomes of COVID-19, SARS, and MERS in pregnancy and discussed several drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 in pregnancy.

2020

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, severe acute respiratory syndrome, covid-19, antiviral drug, Vertical transmission, perinatal outcome

10.3389/fmicb.2020.01186

Epidemiology and Health

Korean Society of Epidemiology

Microbiology