European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A SINGLE CASE STUDY ON POOR OBSTETRICAL OUTCOMES INCLUDING MATERNAL MORBIDITY, MORTALITY MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF COVID-19(CORONAVIRUS) DISEASE IN PREGNANCY

Dr. Parul Prakash, Dr. Chakranarayan Ashish, Dr. Chandreshwar Pratap Singh, Dr. Surendra Kumar* and Dr. Manoj Kumar Mali

ABSTRACT

The emergence of a novel coronavirus, termed SARS-CoV-2, and the potentially life-threating respiratory disease that it can produce, COVID-19, has rapidly spread across the globe creating a massive public health problem. Previous epidemics of many emerging viral infections have typically resulted in poor obstetrical outcomes including maternal morbidity and mortality and death. Atypical pneumonia known as corona virus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly infectious and is currently spreading rapidly around the globe.[1] Viral pneumonia is associated with maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality during pregnancy.[2] Several studies focusing on infected patients from the general population have been reported, however, limited information is available in the aspects of pregnancy outcomes of COVID-19 infected women. Until now, Chen et al.[3] reported the maternal-neonatal outcomes and vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 pneumonia in pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy with an infection history of a maximum of 7 days. The objective of our study was to remind that poor obstetrical outcomes including maternal morbidity, mortality may occur as a result of covid-19 (corona virus) disease during pregnancy.

Keywords: COVID-19(CORONA VIRUS DISEASE 2019), pregnancy, maternal mortality RT- PCR (reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction),SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus 2).