Mothers-to-be with Covid-19 may be at increased risk of admission to intensive care, breathing problems requiring the use of a ventilator, and early giving birth, researchers said.
According to a study reported in the BMJ medical journal and partially sponsored by the health organization, babies born to moms with the pandemic virus were also at higher risk of needing critical care, with a quarter admitted to the neonatal unit. But the birth and newborn mortality rates among these babies were still low, the researchers found.
The researchers reviewed 77 studies that involved 11,432 pregnant women hospitalized with suspected or confirmed coronavirus infections and women recently pregnant. The analysis in the studies from Italy, China, Brazil, U.S., and other countries adjusted for various styles and differing levels of quality, the journal said.
Approximately one in ten pregnant or recently pregnant women who were admitted to hospital for any reason were diagnosed or suspected of having Covid-19, the researchers found, though rates varied from study to study. According to researchers led by Shakila Thangaratinam of the WHO Collaborating Center for Global Women's Health and the U.K. University of Birmingham, those patients were less likely to report symptoms of fever and muscle pain than non-pregnant women with the disease.
Older moms and others with underlying medical problems including asthma, elevated blood pressure, and overweight were more likely to have Covid-19 severe cases, they said
Source Bloomberg
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