Clinical features of neonates born to mothers with coronavirus disease-2019: A systematic review of 105 neonates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the increasingly recognized impact of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), on many aspects of health in adults and children, its effects on neonates born to infected mothers remain unclear. We conducted this study to investigate the outcomes of neonates born to mothers with COVID-19.

Methods

We searched the medical databases from inception to March 31, 2020 to perform a systematic review of outcomes in neonates born to mothers with COVID-19. Data were pooled using a random effects regression model. Primary and secondary outcomes were neonatal clinical outcomes and infectious status, respectively.

Results

Fourteen studies involving 105 neonates fulfilling the study criter

SUBMITTER: Chi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427525 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature