Association of Pre-Pregnancy Obesity and COVID-19 with Poor Pregnancy Outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a possible overlap of obesity and COVID-19 infection has raised concerns among patients and healthcare professionals about protecting pregnant women from developing a severe infection and unwanted pregnancy outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations of body mass index with clinical, laboratory, and radiology diagnostic parameters as well as pregnancy complications and maternal outcomes in pregnant patients with COVID-19.

Materials and methods

Clinical status, laboratory, and radiology diagnostic parameters and pregnancy outcomes were analyzed for pregnant women hospitalized between March 2020 and November 2021 in one tertiary-level university clinic in Belgrade, Serbia, due to infection with SARS-C

SUBMITTER: Mihajlovic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10144693 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature