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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Is the Course of COVID-19 Different during Pregnancy? A Retrospective Comparative Study.

Marcin Januszewski, Laura Ziuzia-Januszewska, Alicja A Jakimiuk, Waldemar Wierzba, Anna Gluszko, Joanna Zytynska-Daniluk, Artur J Jakimiuk

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Liver damage profile in COVID-19 pregnant patients.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
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  5. Thromboprophylaxis in Pregnant Women with COVID-19: An Unsolved Issue.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  6. Pregnancy and COVID-19.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcin JanuszewskiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5098-0156
Laura Ziuzia-JanuszewskaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8839-6489
Alicja A JakimiukDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland.
Waldemar WierzbaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland.
Anna GluszkoDepartment of Neonatology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland.
Joanna Zytynska-DanilukDepartment of Neonatology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland.
Artur J JakimiukDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7373-7690
Ministry of Interior and Administration · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health systems around the world. Maternal-foetal medicine, which has been particularly affected, must consider scientific data on the physiological processes occurring in the pregnant woman's body to develop relevant standards of care. Our study retrospectively compared the clinical and laboratory characteristics of 52 COVID-19 pregnant patients with 53 controls. Most of the pregnant patients required medical attention during the third trimester and therefore we propose that vaccination is needed prior to the 30th week of pregnancy. We found no differences between the 2 groups in the course of illness classification system, days of hospital stay, need for oxygen supplementation, need for mechanical ventilation, and ICU admission. Moreover, clinical manifestations and imaging findings were comparable. Pregnant patients needed a greater oxygen flow rate and required high flow oxygen therapy more frequently. Considering pregnancy-related physiological adaptations, we found that COVID-19 infection in pregnant patients is associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers, apart from serum ferritin, than in non-pregnant women, and concluded that biomarkers of cardiac and muscle injury, as well as kidney function, may not be good predictors of COVID-19 clinical course in pregnant patients at the time of admission, but more research needs to be conducted on this topic.

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COVID-19Pregnancy Complications, InfectiousFemaleHumansPandemicsPregnancyRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2clinical courseCOVID-19ferritininflammatory markerslaboratory indicatorsoxygen flowpregnancySARS-CoV-2

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PMID34831766
PMCPMC8620897
OpenAlexW3211814264

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