Impact of COVID-19 on feto-maternal and neonatal health in Karachi, Pakistan, A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Scientific literature suggests that pregnant women are at greater risk of acquiring a more severe form of COVID-19 exposing both mother and child to a higher risk of obstetric and neonatal complications. These include increased hospitalization rates, ICU admissions, or ventilatory support among pregnant women when compared to COVID-19 negative pregnant womenA case-control study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan with the objective of evaluating the clinical presentation of COVID-19 in pregnancy and its effect on maternal and neonatal outcomes. Data was retrospectively collected from April 2020 till January 2022 of obstetric patients with COVID-19 positive cases and were compared with COVID-19 negative cases from the same time. A total of 491 women were inc

SUBMITTER: Zehra SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10420353 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature