Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and pregnancy

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 222; no. 6; pp. 521 - 531
• Main Authors: Dashraath, Pradip, Wong, Jing Lin Jeslyn, Lim, Mei Xian Karen, Lim, Li Min, Li, Sarah, Biswas, Arijit, Choolani, Mahesh, Mattar, Citra, Su, Lin Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2020
• Subjects: antiviral; baricitinib; Betacoronavirus; Breast Feeding; chloroquine; coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - drug therapy; COVID-19; Delivery, Obstetric; Female; fever; Humans; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; mask; MERS-CoV,morbidity; mortality; obstetric management; Obstetrics; pandemic; Pandemics; Personal Protective Equipment; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - drug therapy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology; remdesivir; respiratory distress syndrome; respiratory failure; SARS-CoV; SARS-CoV-2; sepsis; Special Report; susceptibility; virus; susceptibility; pregnancy; SARS-CoV; baricitinib; coronavirus; fever; pandemic; remdesivir; virus; MERS-CoV,morbidity; chloroquine; COVID-19; respiratory distress syndrome; SARS-CoV-2; antiviral; mortality; respiratory failure; obstetric management; sepsis; mask

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is spreading globally at an accelerated rate, with a basic reproduction number (R0) of 2–2.5, indicating that 2–3 persons will be infected from an index pati...