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The Current Evidence Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Head to Next?

Despite the volume of publications dedicated to unraveling the biological characteristics and clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2, available data on pregnant patients are limited. In the current review of literature, we present an overview on the developmental course, complications, and adverse ef...

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Autores principales: Kalampokas, Theodoros, Rapani, Anna, Papageorgiou, Maria, Grigoriadis, Sokratis, Maziotis, Evangelos, Anifandis, George, Triantafyllidou, Olga, Tzanakaki, Despoina, Neofytou, Spyridoula, Bakas, Panagiotis, Simopoulou, Mara, Vlahos, Nikolaos
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8541470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696430
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13102000
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author Kalampokas, Theodoros
Rapani, Anna
Papageorgiou, Maria
Grigoriadis, Sokratis
Maziotis, Evangelos
Anifandis, George
Triantafyllidou, Olga
Tzanakaki, Despoina
Neofytou, Spyridoula
Bakas, Panagiotis
Simopoulou, Mara
Vlahos, Nikolaos
author_facet Kalampokas, Theodoros
Rapani, Anna
Papageorgiou, Maria
Grigoriadis, Sokratis
Maziotis, Evangelos
Anifandis, George
Triantafyllidou, Olga
Tzanakaki, Despoina
Neofytou, Spyridoula
Bakas, Panagiotis
Simopoulou, Mara
Vlahos, Nikolaos
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description Despite the volume of publications dedicated to unraveling the biological characteristics and clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2, available data on pregnant patients are limited. In the current review of literature, we present an overview on the developmental course, complications, and adverse effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy. A comprehensive review of the literature was performed in PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases up to June 2021. This article collectively presents what has been so far reported on the identified critical aspects, namely complications during pregnancy, delivery challenges, neonatal health care, potential routes of viral transmission, including vertical transmission or breastfeeding, along with the risks involved in the vaccination strategy during pregnancy. Despite the fact that we are still largely navigating uncharted territory, the observed publication explosion in the field is unprecedented. The overwhelming need for data is undoubtable, and this serves as the driver for the plethora of publications witnessed. Nonetheless, the quality of data sourced is variable. In the midst of the frenzy for reporting on SARS-CoV-2 data, monitoring this informational overload is where we should head to next, considering that poor quality research may in fact hamper our attempts to prevail against this unparalleled pandemic outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-85414702021-10-24 The Current Evidence Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Head to Next? Kalampokas, Theodoros Rapani, Anna Papageorgiou, Maria Grigoriadis, Sokratis Maziotis, Evangelos Anifandis, George Triantafyllidou, Olga Tzanakaki, Despoina Neofytou, Spyridoula Bakas, Panagiotis Simopoulou, Mara Vlahos, Nikolaos Viruses Review Despite the volume of publications dedicated to unraveling the biological characteristics and clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2, available data on pregnant patients are limited. In the current review of literature, we present an overview on the developmental course, complications, and adverse effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy. A comprehensive review of the literature was performed in PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases up to June 2021. This article collectively presents what has been so far reported on the identified critical aspects, namely complications during pregnancy, delivery challenges, neonatal health care, potential routes of viral transmission, including vertical transmission or breastfeeding, along with the risks involved in the vaccination strategy during pregnancy. Despite the fact that we are still largely navigating uncharted territory, the observed publication explosion in the field is unprecedented. The overwhelming need for data is undoubtable, and this serves as the driver for the plethora of publications witnessed. Nonetheless, the quality of data sourced is variable. In the midst of the frenzy for reporting on SARS-CoV-2 data, monitoring this informational overload is where we should head to next, considering that poor quality research may in fact hamper our attempts to prevail against this unparalleled pandemic outbreak. MDPI 2021-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8541470/ /pubmed/34696430 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13102000 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rapani, Anna
Papageorgiou, Maria
Grigoriadis, Sokratis
Maziotis, Evangelos
Anifandis, George
Triantafyllidou, Olga
Tzanakaki, Despoina
Neofytou, Spyridoula
Bakas, Panagiotis
Simopoulou, Mara
Vlahos, Nikolaos
The Current Evidence Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Head to Next?
title The Current Evidence Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Head to Next?
title_full The Current Evidence Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Head to Next?
title_fullStr The Current Evidence Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Head to Next?
title_full_unstemmed The Current Evidence Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Head to Next?
title_short The Current Evidence Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Head to Next?
title_sort current evidence regarding covid-19 and pregnancy: where are we now and where should we head to next?
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8541470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696430
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13102000
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