Pregnancy Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Symptoms of Covid-19 Admitted to Ayatollah Mousavi Hospital in Zanjan in 2019-2020

Following the spread of Covid-19 worldwide and the increase in the percentage of pregnant women suffering from the disease, it will be very important to investigate its consequences in pregnancy.

The present study was conducted to determine pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with symptoms of covid-19 admitted to Ayatollah Mousavi Hospital in Zanjan in 2019-2020.

In this study, the pregnancy outcomes in 89 pregnant women with symptoms of covid-19 admitted to Ayatollah Mousavi Hospital in Zanjan were investigated with document review and file reading. The sampling method was complete enumeration. Maternal and neonatal outcomes were collected using a checklist and analyzed with descriptive statistics in SPSS version 22 Software.

The most common symptoms in hospitalized pregnant women were cough (51.7%) and dyspnea (40.4%). In the laboratory results of pregnant women, leukocytosis, fasting hyperglycemia, increased CRP and alkaline phosphatase were evident. In terms of maternal outcomes, 27% of women had more than one of the examined outcomes. 13.5% had gestational diabetes and 11.2% of mothers had a premature delivery. Regarding neonatal outcomes, fetal heart rate disorder, hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit (37.5%), and the need for resuscitation in the first minute (28.1%) were the most reported outcomes.

Considering the increase in adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with symptoms of covid-19, it is suggested to plan for access to special care to improve the outcomes and implement awareness programs to prevent pregnant mothers from this infection.