COVID-19 AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Introduction. The coronavirus has become a global health threat due to its accelerated geographic spread over the past two decades. Currently, research is underway to study the outcomes of Covid-19 during pregnancy. By mutually complicating each other, they increase the risk of maternal mortality by an order of magnitude.The virus is believed to be transmitted from a zoonotic source and is spread by direct and contact transmission. The symptomatic phase is manifested by fever, cough, and myalgia to severe respiratory distress. The diagnosis is confirmed by reverse transcriptase PCR. Treatment of COVID-19 is mainly carried out with supportive therapy, and in severe cases, mechanical ventilation. Prevention strategies play a pivotal role in reducing the spread of the virus in a population, while successfully isolating the disease and containing the community. The development of a vaccine to remove the virus from the host is still a challenge.
Aim: To analyze the literature data on how COVID-19 works in pregnant women, and what impact it has on reproductive health.
Search strategy The search for sources was carried out in the following bases: Pubmed, Scopus, Ebscohost, Medline, The Сocrane Library, SpringerLink, Web of Knowledge (Thomson Reuters) databases and through a regular browser search in Russian, Spanish and English. 48 articles examined by query with keywords: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, coronavirus disease, pregnancy, newborns. Of these, 40 articles were in the last 2 years.
Inclusion criteria: case reports, original and review articles on pregnant women with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection; exclusion criteria: unreviewed or unpublished reports, unspecified study date and location, suspicion of duplicate reports, and unreported maternal or perinatal outcomes.
Results and conclusions: Analysis of the literature allowed us to establish that the problem of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is serious. While many treatments have been proposed, there are currently no specific options available to treat COVID-19 disease or prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection. The only effective intervention that is currently able to reduce the level of infection is quarantine measures for pregnant women and the most reliable way to protect expectant mothers from the virus is vaccination.
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Bilibaeva G.Zh., Dzhusupova B.N., Seyduanova L.B. COVID-19 and reproductive health // Nauka i Zdravookhranenie [Science & Healthcare]. 2021, (Vol.23) 6, pp. 38-46. doi 10.34689/SH.2021.23.6.004Related publications:
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