According to a study, most of the pregnant women experiencing the COVID symptoms result from emergency delivery complications with a higher percentage.
On this note, comparatively, pregnant women without COVID symptoms have less risk. Newborn children born to symptomatic mothers are more likely for intensive care units (ICU) and oxygen requirements.
Pregnant Women With COVID Symptoms Experience Emergency Deliveries
The effects of viral infection after getting infected with COVID-19 are not unknown to anyone nowadays. The pregnant ladies and infected with the virus may have to face severe pain and other issues while delivering the baby. This research was carried out with huge sampling taken by a team of experts.
This study had presented all the proofs on the day of the annual meeting about anaesthesiology.
Kristine Lane is the lead author and researcher of this study; she says that the “COVID-19 theme is evolving around nature as it is very critical in hospitals to share the experiences about the patient’s treatment during their COVID struggle likewise, how does the patient effects are the outcome.
RovnerBabazade is the senior author and researcher of this study; he says that “when we are needed to provide the insights for a single institution experience about labor pains and delivery, this whole thing might be affected by the virus the newborn baby’s condition eventually after the birth.
Researchers say that this study has a retrospective review over pregnant women, especially between the age of 16 to 45 years, who are tested COVID positive and got admitted into hospital for their delivery between March and September of 2020.
According to the study analysis, this study is followed by a retrospective review among pregnant women between the ages of 16 to 45, especially those who are tested COVID positive and got admitted for delivery in march to September months of 2020.
Based on the analysis, 101 pregnant women were reported and are included in the study; among them, 31 women are asymptomatic, and among the symptomatic patients, 42 percent of people are having fever, 39 percent of them are having severe cough, 26 percent of them are struggling from shortness inbreathe, 16 percent of them are having chills and muscle pains, and 10 percent of them are having chest pain.
According to the results of the analysis, higher percentages of emergency deliveries are shown in symptomatic mothers compared to asymptomatic mothers with fewer complications of 46 percent.
On this note, researchers said that “symptomatic mothers are having likely emergency complications like decreased in the fetal moment, little amount of amniotic fluid, slowing and stopping progress during labor, and breech position.
Researchers said that babies who are born to symptomatic mothers are having a likely chance towards the respiratory system support with 31 percent and 29 percent for asymptomatic mothers, in this process, pregnant women got admitted into neonatal ICU (intensive care units).
During the study research, one baby born to an asymptomatic mother among COVID positive group is tested positive after the delivery, and this moment is concerning for the possible vertical transmissions for the baby.
Mrs. Lane is the lead researcher and author of this study; she says that “COVID had given severe symptom effects for the human body,” and this whole theme is possible that symptom effects can get amplified among pregnant mothers. They are having increased maternal oxygen and fetal demands.
On a final note, when pregnant women are facing cesarean delivery, then rates among symptomatic mothers are 64 percent, while asymptomatic are having 62 percent. This study lies significantly higher compared to the normal population with C-section delivery rates in the United States.
