Can Fetal Heart Lie? Intrapartum CTG Changes in COVID-19 Mothers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 infection has raised multiple concerns in pregnant mothers; many questioned the risk of vertical transmission and the implication on the feto-maternal outcome. Cardiotocogrm (CTG) is the principal method to observe intrapartum fetal well-being. This paper aims to verify intrapartum CTG changes seen in seropositive COVID-19 mothers versus healthy controls and looks into their relation to subsequent delivery mode and neonatal outcome.

Methods

A case-control study recruited 90 pregnant women at the labor word of AL Yarmouk Teaching Hospital. All were term pregnancy admitted for delivery. They were grouped into 2: seropositive COVID-19 confirmed by real-time RT-PCR test (30/90) and healthy controls (60/90). We recorded their demographic criteria, laboratory r

SUBMITTER: Farhan FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature