COVID 19 AND MATERNAL OUTCOME CASE SERIES STUDY

Document Type : Short Reports (case reports)

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Obstetrics and Gynecology department faculty of medicine Zagazig University

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Background : COVID 19 is the pandemic disease recently attack the earth populations. The aim of the this study is to evaluate the maternal outcome in COVID 19 positive pregnant female
Methods: The study (retrospective study) was done between march 2020 tell June 2020 at Zagazig university , Obstetrics and gynecology emergency hospitals.
From patients files: All patient subjected to history taking, general examination , routine laboratory evaluation, ultrasound evaluation .
For all cases ultrasonography abdominal was performed to measure in addition to chest X ray, CT chest , nasopharyngeal swap PCR for COVID 19. Evaluation of cases for maternal outcome.
A total of 7 patients presented with suspected criteria of COVID 19 and confirmed by nasopharyngeal swap and PCR testing
Main outcome measures: maternal outcome regarding mortality , morbidity or recovery
Results: form 7 pregnant women presented with COVID 19 manifestation ; 4 cases with severe COVID19 pneumonia , 2 moderate COVID19 pneumonia and one with mild COVID pneumonia. 6 patients delivered by caesarian section and 1 patient delivered vaginally .one maternal death was reported . from 5 intubated patient 4 patient dramatic respiratory improvement after delivery.6 patients recovered with manifestation improvement
Conclusions: most pregnant women with COVID 19 were recovered without morbidity and only one case in this study died from COVID 19

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Zagazig University Medical Journal
Volume 29, Issue 1
January 2023
Pages 23-27

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