Initial clinical characteristics of gravid severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-positive patients and the risk of progression to severe coronavirus disease 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Available data suggest that the obstetric population is particularly vulnerable to severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, with a variable clinical course leading to severe respiratory failure. However, established early warning scores designed to identify patients at risk of clinical deterioration were never validated in the obstetric population.

Objective

This retrospective cohort study sought to evaluate the initial clinical characteristics of pregnant patients diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and to develop a pregnancy-specific early warning score to identify patients at risk for clinical deterioration and requiring advanced respiratory support.

Study design

This was a single center, retrospective coh

SUBMITTER: Yao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017918 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature