COVID-19 infection among pregnant and non-pregnant women: Comparison of biochemical markers and outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic, A retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: & Objectives: We conducted this single-centered retrospective study including female patients infected with COVID-19 with aim to compare laboratory findings and the outcomes between pregnant and non-pregnant women infected with COVID-19. Previous data rendered pregnant women as vulne...

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Autores principales: Asghar, Muhammad Sohaib, Siddiqui, Muhammad Ali, Iqbal, Sadia, Avinash, Tahir, Muhammad Junaid, Yasmin, Farah, Chughtai, Najeebullah, Khan, Farmanullah, Kirmani, Tooba Ahmed, Lareeb, Iqra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Cohort Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103527
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: & Objectives: We conducted this single-centered retrospective study including female patients infected with COVID-19 with aim to compare laboratory findings and the outcomes between pregnant and non-pregnant women infected with COVID-19. Previous data rendered pregnant women as vulnerable population for COVID-19. METHODS: We included 131 patients in our analysis out of which 60 were pregnant females and rest 71 were non-pregnant females. RESULTS: Factors like fatigue, total leukocyte count (TLC) and neutrophils were higher in pregnant patients, while mean age, fever, hemoglobin, ferritin, D-dimer and use of mechanical ventilation was lower in pregnant patients as compared to non-pregnant females. CONCLUSION: Our study concluded that COVID-19 do not show significant high risk of disease severity when compared with non-pregnant females of similar age group.

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