COVID-19 and Pregnancy – Review of Cases from a Tertiary Public Hospital in Mumbai (original) (raw)

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest threat in living memory to the human race. In December 2019 a novel strain of coronavirus, officially named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), was first isolated from three patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention connected to the cluster of acute respiratory illness cases from Wuhan, China. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We did a retrospective observational cohort study in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a tertiary teaching hospital in Mumbai. In this observational study, the study sample size was governed by the disease prevalence. COVID positive pregnant cases admitted under care of department of OBGY from 22nd April to 31st May were analyzed. RESULTS: Out of the 1245 obstetric admissions in the study duration, 148 were diagnosed as COVID positive (~12%). 9 patients had COVID related symptoms on admission. We noted only 76% of the pregnancies reached term, 17% of the patients who delivered were preterm deliveries. Cesarean section rate in COVID positive patients was 30%, compared to 38% in non–COVID patients in the study duration. Neonatal Outcome: 10 babies required NICU admission. Only 4 babies of COVID positive mothers were diagnosed positive. FUNDING STATEMENT: This research received no grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS: We report, there are no relevant financial or non-financial competing interests in this study. ETHICS APPROVAL STATEMENT: The study has been approved by the institutional ethics committee (IEC).

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