SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Hospitalized Pregnant Women: Reasons for Admission and Pregnancy Characteristics — Eight U.S. Health Care Centers, March 1–May 30, 2020
Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, Tanya R. Myers, Julianne Gee, Heather S. Lipkind, Elyse O. Kharbanda, Denison S Ryan, Joshua T.B. Williams, Allison L. Naleway, Nicola P. Klein, Simon J. Hambidge, Steven J. Jacobsen, Jason M. Glanz, Lisa A. Jackson, Tom T. Shimabukuro, Eric Weintraub
Abstract
This report describes that the prevalences of prepregnancy obesity and gestational diabetes were higher among pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19ârelated illness than among those admitted for pregnancy-related treatment or procedures and found to have COVID-19.
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MedicinePregnancyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Gestational diabetesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakObesityObstetricsPandemicGestationEmergency medicinePediatricsInternal medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyOutbreakBiologyGeneticsCOVID-19 Impact on ReproductionPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum