Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pregnancy: what obstetricians need to know

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 415-426

  Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a   Smulian, John C ^a   Lednicky, John A ^b   Wen, Tony S ^a   Jamieson, Denise J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2019 novel coronavirus; fetal death; fetus; maternal death; Middle East respiratory syndrome; newborn; novel coronavirus; perinatal infection; pneumonia; pregnancy; preterm birth; severe acute respiratory syndrome; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRICIAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 85082193583     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.02.017     Document Type: Review

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