Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcome: systematic review.
- Breast milk and breastfeeding
- Congenital infections
- Infection
- Medical
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal
- Postnatal and transitional care
This paper is from 2020, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Systematic review of early published literature (to April 2020) on COVID-19 in pregnancy, including 24 studies of 324 pregnant women, mostly case series and case reports. It describes maternal presentation, severity, delivery mode and perinatal and neonatal outcomes, including testing of vaginal mucus and breast milk for SARS-CoV-2. The authors conclude that data were insufficient to draw firm conclusions on severity, vertical transmission or neonatal complications, and call for complete outcome reporting and registry use.
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