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A systematic scoping review of COVID‐19 during pregnancy and childbirth
Author(s) -
Elshafeey Farida,
Magdi Rana,
Hindi Nader,
Elshebiny Mohamed,
Farrag Nourhan,
Mahdy Shahd,
Sabbour Mohamed,
Gebril Sara,
Nasser Mohamed,
Kamel Menna,
Amir Abdelrahman,
Maher Emara Moataz,
Nabhan Ashraf
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/ijgo.13182
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , childbirth , cinahl , medline , obstetrics , presentation (obstetrics) , pediatrics , intensive care , maternal death , cochrane library , meta analysis , intensive care medicine , population , psychological intervention , nursing , genetics , political science , law , biology , environmental health
Background Clinical presentation and outcomes of COVID‐19 infection during pregnancy remain limited and fragmented. Objectives To summarize the existing literature on COVID‐19 infection during pregnancy and childbirth, particularly concerning clinical presentation and outcomes. Search strategy A systematic search of LitCovid, EBSCO MEDLINE, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Scopus electronic databases. The references of relevant studies were also searched. Selection criteria Identified titles and abstracts were screened to select original reports and cross‐checked for overlap of cases. Data collection and analysis A descriptive summary organized by aspects of clinical presentations (symptoms, imaging, and laboratory) and outcomes (maternal and perinatal). Main results We identified 33 studies reporting 385 pregnant women with COVID‐19 infection: 368 (95.6%) mild; 14 (3.6%) severe; and 3 (0.8%) critical. Seventeen women were admitted to intensive care, including six who were mechanically ventilated and one maternal mortality. A total of 252 women gave birth, comprising 175 (69.4%) cesarean and 77 (30.6%) vaginal births. Outcomes for 256 newborns included four RT‐PCR positive neonates, two stillbirths, and one neonatal death. Conclusion COVID‐19 infection during pregnancy probably has a clinical presentation and severity resembling that in non‐pregnant adults. It is probably not associated with poor maternal or perinatal outcomes.