Breastfeeding of infants born to mothers with COVID-19: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing recommendations on whether mothers with COVID-19 should continue breastfeeding are still conflicting. We aimed to conduct a rapid review of mother-to-child transmission of COVID-19 during breastfeeding.

Methods

We systematically searched Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China Biology Medicine disc, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, and preprint articles up to March 2020. We included studies relevant to transmission through milk and respiratory droplets during breastfeeding of mothers with COVID-19, SARS, MERS and influenza. Two reviewers independently screened studies for eligibility, extracted data, assessed risk of bias and used GRADE to assess certainty of evidence.

Results

A total of 4,481 records were identifi

SUBMITTER: Yang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290644 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature