Clinical, obstetric and perinatal characteristics of Mexican pregnant women with COVID-19

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Background: COVID-19 disease is the leading cause of maternal death in Mexico. The data published to date indicate that pregnancy favors severe forms of the disease.

Objective: To describe the clinical, obstetric and perinatal characteristics of pregnant women with COVID-19 disease treated at the UMAE "Luis Castelazo Ayala" of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

Material and methods: Observational, cross-sectional and retrospective study of pregnant women with COVID-19 treated from March to December 2020. The epidemiological characteristics, complications and perinatal results were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: 133 patients included: 84.5% with mild disease, 8 % moderate and 8.5% severe and critical. Pre-existing comorbidities: obesity, diabetes and hypothyroidism. Main symptoms: cough, headache, fever, rhinorrhea and anosmia. In severe and critical cases, tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypoxemia were present. Lymphoneutropenia, hyperglycemia, and transaminasemia were seen in severe and critical forms. Fibrinogen and D dimer stayed unchanged. Preterm delivery, oligohydramnios, gestational hypertension, severe preeclampsia, and pneumonia were the main complications. 75% of the newborns without complications.

Conclusions: The clinical behavior of the disease was mostly mild and even in moderate cases, and even in moderate as well as severe and complicated cases, the binomial results were favorable. There was no maternal death.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social - 60(2022), 2 vom: 01. März, Seite 116-128

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Características clínicas, obstétricas y perinatales de embarazadas mexicanas con Covid-19

Beteiligte Personen:

García-Espinosa, Maritza [VerfasserIn]
Moreno-Álvarez, Oscar [VerfasserIn]
Carranza-Lira, Sebastián [VerfasserIn]
Caldiño-Soto, Felipe [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
Journal Article
Observational Study
Pandemics
Pregnancy

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.06.2022

Date Revised 05.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342798707