Management of Coronavirus Disease-2019 Infection in Pregnancy

Vivian Lam; Kami M Hu

doi:10.1016/j.emc.2022.12.004

Management of Coronavirus Disease-2019 Infection in Pregnancy

Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2023 May;41(2):307-322. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2022.12.004. Epub 2022 Dec 16.

Authors

Vivian Lam¹, Kami M Hu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, 4440 West 95th Street, Suite AIP, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, 4440 West 95th Street, Suite AIP, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, USA; Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 6th Floor Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: khu@som.umaryland.edu.

Abstract

Although the majority of pregnant patients who contract severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 will have a mild course of illness, pregnant patients with coronavirus disease-2019 are more likely than their nonpregnant counterparts to develop a severe illness with an increased risk of poor maternal and fetal outcomes. Although the extent of research in this specific patient population remains limited, there are tenets of care with which physicians and other providers must be familiar to increase the chances of better outcomes for the two patients in their care.

Keywords: Antepartum; COVID-19; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; SARS-COV-2.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / therapy
Female
Humans
Physicians*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / therapy
SARS-CoV-2