Maternal clinical characteristics and perinatal outcomes among pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019. A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the maternal clinical characteristics, maternal and perinatal outcomes in COVID-19-positive pregnant women.

Methods

Articles in all languages on the SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women were sought from MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and LILACS; China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database (VIP) and Wan Fang Data between December 1, 2019 and April 27, 2020. Bulletins and national reports were also searched.

Results

From 12,168 retrieved articles, 143 were selected for full-text assessment; 33 for descriptive analyses, and 4 case-controls for meta-analysis. In 322 infected pregnant women, aged 20-45 years, the most frequent maternal comorbidity was obesity (24.2%). Forty-two (28.4

SUBMITTER: Novoa RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7674121 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature