SARS-CoV-2 infection and pregnancy: clinical update and perspective

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 136; no. 16; pp. 1891 - 1893
• Main Authors: Wang, Chen, Yang, Huixia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 20.08.2023; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Asymptomatic; Births; Breastfeeding & lactation; Congenital diseases; COVID-19; Diabetes; Disease; Female; Fetuses; Humans; Immunization; Infections; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mortality; Obstetrics; Pandemics; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology; Pregnancy Outcome; Public health; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Stillbirth; Vaccines; Ventilators; Womens health; China

Since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019, the virus has overwhelmed the world's health. A meta-analysis including 42 studies involving 438,548 pregnant women with comparison data on evaluating disease severity and perinatal outcomes in...