COVID-19 in Pregnancy and the Pandemia Process in Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic
1University of Health Sciences Turkey, Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu City Hospital, Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, İstanbul, Turkey
Eur Arch Med Res 2020; 36(): 52-59 DOI: 10.4274/eamr.galenos.2020.04695
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Abstract

The clinical symptoms of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) in pregnant women are similar to those of non-pregnant individuals. A positive test for Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 usually confirms the diagnosis of COVID-19, but it should be known that there may be false positive and false negative results. Pregnancy does not increase susceptibility to infection and does not worsen the clinical course. The incidence of preterm delivery and cesarean delivery is high in infected pregnant women with pneumonia. It is recommended for use in standard indications in pregnant women with suspected or diagnosed COVID-19, since pregnant women between 24+0-33+6 weeks of gestation and with high risk of preterm delivery within seven days have proven benefits of antenatal betamethasone administration. Themode of delivery is determined by standard obstetric indications, including the mother’s acute decompensation. There are advantages of preferringn euro axial anesthesia. Late clamping of the umbilical cord is not recommended. During the pandemic period, the necessary precautions were taken in line with there commendations of the Scientific Committees in the Gynecologyand Obstetrics Clinic, as in our entire hospital, and the pregnancy follow-up and birth processes of our mothers were tried to continue in a healthy manner.