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- Title
Clinical evaluation of pregnant women with SARS-COV2 pneumonia: a real-life study from Egypt.
- Authors
Zaky, Samy; Hosny, Hossam; Elassal, Gehan; Asem, Noha; Baki, Amin Abdel; Kamal, Ehab; Abdelbary, Akram; Said, Ahmad; Ibrahim, Hamdy; Taema, Khaled; Amin, Wagdy; Abd-Elsalam, Sherief; Soliman, Shaimaa; Abdelmenam, Hend Salah; Mohamed, Ahmed S.; Elnady, Mohamed; Hassany, Mohamed; Zaid, Hala
- Abstract
Background: Knowledge about the outcome of COVID-19 on pregnant women is so important. The published literature on the outcomes of pregnant women with COVID-19 is confusing. The aim of this study was to report our clinical experience about the effect of COVID-19 on pregnant women and to determine whether it was associated with increased mortality or an increase in the need for mechanical ventilation in this special category of patients. Methods: This was a cohort study from some isolation hospitals of the Ministry of Health and Population, in eleven governorates, Egypt. The clinical data from the first 64 pregnant women with COVID-19 whose care was managed at some of the Egyptian hospitals from 14 March to 14 June 2020 as well as 114 non-pregnant women with COVID-19 was reviewed. Results: The two groups did not show any significant difference regarding the main outcomes of the disease. Two cases in each group needed mechanical ventilation (p 0.617). Three cases (4.7%) died among the pregnant women and two (1.8%) died among the non-pregnant women (p 0.352). Conclusions: The main clinical outcomes of COVID-19 were not different between pregnant and non-pregnant women with COVID-19. Based on our findings, pregnancy did not exacerbate the course or mortality of COVID-19 pneumonia.
- Subjects
EGYPT; SARS-CoV-2; PREGNANT women; COVID-19; TREATMENT effectiveness; PNEUMONIA-related mortality; ARTIFICIAL respiration
- Publication
Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 2021, Vol 96, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0013-2446
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s42506-021-00092-z