COVID-19 in pregnancy

© Royal College of Physicians 2021. All rights reserved..

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are less likely to be symptomatic than non-pregnant counterparts. Risk factors for severe disease include being overweight or obese, greater than 35 years old, and having pre-existing comorbidities. Those who develop severe disease have increased rates of admission to an intensive care unit, requiring invasive ventilation and pre-term birth.Pregnant and breastfeeding women with COVID-19 should be investigated as of outside pregnancy and should receive proven therapies (such as corticosteroids and tocilizumab) on a risk/benefit basis. Admitted women should receive multidisciplinary care with input from senior decision makers and early escalation where required. There are no safety concerns -surrounding the COVID-19 vaccination and fertility or pregnancy, and so it should be offered to women based on their age and clinical risk group, in line with non-pregnant women.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Clinical medicine (London, England) - 21(2021), 5 vom: 22. Sept., Seite e446-e450

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nana, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Nelson-Piercy, Catherine [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Maternal outcomes
Multidisciplinary care
Pregnancy
Vaccination

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.09.2021

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7861/clinmed.2021-0503

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330501445