Maternal Outcomes and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Korean Pregnant Women during the Early Period of the PandemicMaternal Outcomes and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Korean Pregnant Women during the Early Period of the Pandemic
- Other Titles
- Maternal Outcomes and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Korean Pregnant Women during the Early Period of the Pandemic
- Authors
- Chung, Youseung; Choi, Dong-Hwan; Ilagan, John G.; Lee, Juneyoung; Yoon, Young Kyung
- Issue Date
- 25-Oct-2021
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Pregnancy
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.36, no.41, pp.1 - 7
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 36
- Number
- 41
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 7
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/136010
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e290
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
- Abstract
- The present study aimed to compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes between pregnant women and non-pregnant women of childbearing age (20-49 years old) diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Korea. This nationwide observational study included the information of COVID-19 patients collected by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency from January 2020 to April 2021. Among 5,647 COVID-19 patients, 2,444 (43.3%) were women of childbearing age and 19 were pregnant. None of the pregnant women died. However, 4 deaths occurred among non-pregnant women aged 20-49 years. None of the 19 pregnant women with COVID-19 were admitted to the intensive care unit: they were admitted to the general ward, and none of them required supplemental oxygen. In conclusion, none of the pregnant women with COVID-19 experienced severe infection or death, unlike non-pregnant women of childbearing age.
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