Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (Jan 2020)

COVID-19 in pregnancy: A review

  • Shikhar Tripathi,
  • Atul Gogia,
  • Atul Kakar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_714_20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 9
pp. 4536 – 4540

Abstract

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COVID-19 has led on to a global healthcare crisis, similar to none in the recent past. Special emphasis must be laid on the status of pregnant women amid this outbreak, considering the vulnerability seen in pregnant women toward previous coronavirus diseases. In this review, we will try to elicit the correlation between the complications of previous coronavirus diseases (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and COVID-19, the possibility of materno-fetal vertical transmission and the obstetric management protocol.

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