Clinical features and consequences of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women undergoing delivery in Kurdistan Province, Iran
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https://doi.org/10.22122/cdj.v10i3.665Keywords:
Pregnancy, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, CesareanAbstract
BACKGROUND: With the increasing prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the number of pregnant women with this virus who give birth is also increasing. This study evaluates the clinical features and consequences of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women undergoing delivery in Kurdistan Province, Iran.
METHODS: In this descriptive study, we analyzed the clinical characteristics and delivery outcomes of pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 disease admitted to Besat Hospital of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran, from February 25, 2020, to August 21, 2020.
RESULTS: Among 192 pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection during the study period, 37 were admitted for delivery. Out of the 37 patients, 15 patients had a normal vaginal delivery, and 22 patients were delivered by cesarean. Fever and cough (32.40%) and shortness of breath (11.37%) were the main symptoms of the pregnant women in our study. None of our patients needed ventilator support or died.
CONCLUSION: Based on the results of our survey, pregnancy augments neither the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 nor the mortality rate. However, the rate of cesarean and preterm delivery increased.
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