Maternal death due to COVID-19

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 223; no. 1; pp. 109.e1 - 109.e16
• Main Authors: Hantoushzadeh, Sedigheh, Shamshirsaz, Alireza A., Aleyasin, Ashraf, Seferovic, Maxim D., Aski, Soudabeh Kazemi, Arian, Sara E., Pooransari, Parichehr, Ghotbizadeh, Fahimeh, Aalipour, Soroush, Soleimani, Zahra, Naemi, Mahsa, Molaei, Behnaz, Ahangari, Roghaye, Salehi, Mohammadreza, Oskoei, Atousa Dabiri, Pirozan, Parisa, Darkhaneh, Roya Faraji, Laki, Mahboobeh Gharib, Farani, Ali Karimi, Atrak, Shahla, Miri, Mir Mohammad, Kouchek, Mehran, Shojaei, Seyedpouzhia, Hadavand, Fahimeh, Keikha, Fatemeh, Hosseini, Maryam Sadat, Borna, Sedigheh, Ariana, Shideh, Shariat, Mamak, Fatemi, Alireza, Nouri, Behnaz, Nekooghadam, Seyed Mojtaba, Aagaard, Kjersti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Betacoronavirus; coronavirus disease in pregnancy; Coronavirus Infections - mortality; COVID-19; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Iran - epidemiology; lower respiratory infections in pregnancy; maternal death; Maternal Mortality; maternal respiratory morbidity; Middle Aged; Original Research; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - mortality; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - mortality; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology; respiratory failure with COVID-19; Retrospective Studies; SARS CoV-2 virus; SARS-CoV-2; Iran; COVID-19; maternal respiratory morbidity; respiratory failure with COVID-19; pregnancy; lower respiratory infections in pregnancy; maternal death; SARS CoV-2 virus; coronavirus disease in pregnancy; maternal mortality

Despite 2.5 million infections and 169,000 deaths worldwide (as of April 20, 2020), no maternal deaths and only a few pregnant women afflicted with severe respiratory morbidity have been reported to be related to COVID-19 disease. Given the disproportionate burden of severe and fatal respiratory dis...