Clinical features and consequences of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women undergoing delivery in Kurdistan Province,Iran

With the increasing prevalence of coronavirusdisease 2019 (COVID-19), the number of pregnant women with this virus who give birth is also increasing. This study evaluates the clinical features and consequences of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women undergoing delivery in Kurdistan Province, Iran.

In this descriptive study, we analyzed the clinical characteristics and delivery outcomes of pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 disease admitted to Besat Hospitalof Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran, from February 25, 2020, to August 21, 2020.

Among 192 pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection during the study period, 37 were admitted for delivery. Out of the 37 patients, 15 patients had a normal vaginal delivery, and 22 patients were delivered by cesarean. Fever and cough (32.40%) and shortness of breath (11.37%) were the main symptoms of the pregnant women in our study. None of our patients needed ventilator support or died.

Based on the results of our survey, pregnancy augments neither the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 nor the mortality rate. However, the rate of cesarean and preterm delivery increased.