Abstract
Introduction: The World Health Organization has recently reported that the new focus of the global pandemic of Covid-19 disease is the American continent. Objective: To conduct a literature review on the international experience of the Covid 19 pandemic and pregnancy. Method: A PubMed database search is performed for the keywords Pregnancy / Pregnant / Novel Coronavirus / SARS-CoV-2 / Covid-19, from November 1, 2019 to May 21, 2020. Results: A total of 365 articles were initially selected according to the designed search strategy. The total of articles reviewed according to the criteria was 42. The selected clinical series accumulated a total of 1098 pregnant women and Covid-19 disease. The most frequent comorbidities were hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and asthma. Mortality in relation to the total number of patients was 1.2% and transmission to the newborn was 1.7% (15 of 875). Conclusion: The information obtained allows us to infer that the clinical presentation of the disease is at least equivalent to that of non-pregnant women of the same age. Given the severity of the reported SARS-CoV-2 disease, the lessons learned must be quickly assimilated and used in the context of the national epidemic situation.
Translated title of the contribution | Pregnancy and novel coronavirus: Worldwide reported experience |
---|---|
Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | S111-S121 |
Journal | Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia |
Volume | 85 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Sociedad Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia. All rights reserved.