Current Overview on the Effects of COVID-19 Disease on Maternal and Neonatal Health; Narrative Review

• Main Authors: İlke Özer Aslan, Mustafa Törehan Aslan, Öner Özdemir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: KARE Publishing 2020-10-01
• Series: Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia
• Subjects: covid-19; pregnancy; newborn; birth
• Online Access: https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=scie&un=SCIE-25582

The novel coronavirus infection (SARS-CoV-2 infection), which appeared in the Wuhan region of China in late 2019, spread rapidly in a short time. A few months later, it was accepted as pandemic by the WHO (World Health Organization) and became an important threat to public health. The death rate in cases occurring in China was around 2%. Although it is thought that pregnancy is not a risk factor in the course of COVID-19 disease, it is often seen in which the cases were in the third trimester. It is striking that the maternal and neonatal implications of these infected cases during the late pregnancy period were quite good. Further studies examining more cases in the first and second trimesters, in order to determine long-term results and to clarify the risk of vertical transmission are needed.