Covid-19: UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) study in context
Laura A. Magee, Asma Khalil, Peter von Dadelszen
Abstract
The recent UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) study provides UK specific information about covid-19 in pregnancy. 1Women's symptoms, risk factors for severe disease, and gestational age at presentation with covid-19, as well as increased preterm birth and caesarean delivery rates, are consistent with global data (systematic review and meta-analysis of 86 studies, including UKOSS, up to 8 June 2020). 2However, UKOSS has documented two findings that warrant emphasis.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineContext (archaeology)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Caesarean deliveryPregnancyIncidence (geometry)Caesarean sectionPediatricsObstetricsGestational ageDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyGeneticsBiologyPaleontologyOpticsPhysicsCOVID-19 Impact on ReproductionMaternal and fetal healthcarePregnancy and preeclampsia studies