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Background & Objectives: We conducted this single-centered retrospective study including female patients infected with COVID-19 with aim to compare laboratory findings and the outcomes between pregnant and non-pregnant women infected… Click to show full abstract
Background & Objectives: We conducted this single-centered retrospective study including female patients infected with COVID-19 with aim to compare laboratory findings and the outcomes between pregnant and non-pregnant women infected with COVID-19. Previous data rendered pregnant women as vulnerable population for COVID-19. Methods We included 131 patients in our analysis out of which 60 were pregnant females and rest 71 were non-pregnant females. Results Factors like fatigue, total leukocyte count (TLC) and neutrophils were higher in pregnant patients, while mean age, fever, hemoglobin, ferritin, D-dimer and use of mechanical ventilation was lower in pregnant patients as compared to non-pregnant females. Conclusion Our study concluded that COVID-19 do not show significant high risk of disease severity when compared with non-pregnant females of similar age group.
Journal Title: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Year Published: 2022
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