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4 . 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy outcomes and neonatal health (literature review)

Abstract

A retrospective analysis of publications in the form of an electronic search in the Pubmed database for the period from January 2020 to July 2021 was carried out. The search revealed 1951 publications, 37 of them were included in the study. Of the clinical conditions that were registered in newborns, the following prevailed: fetal distress, respiratory disorders, prematurity. Several fatal outcomes were reported in children of the analyzed group. The possibility of transplacental transmission of the virus from mother to fetus has been confirmed. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was al so detected in single samples of breast milk. Data on the transfer of IgG-cass AT to SARS-CoV-2 from the mother to the fetus are presented.

To date, there is little data on the causes of a higher frequency of premature births in mothers who have suffered a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 during pregnancy, transplacental transmission of the virus and AT to the child. There are no clear arguments in favor of refusing breastfeeding by maternity hospitals infected with SARS-CoV-2 viruses. The answers to these questions can be obtained only after a detailed analysis of the health status of a larger sample of children.

Keywords:COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, pregnancy, newborns, children, fetal distress, respiratory distress

Funding. The authors received no financial support.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: KosoLapova Yu.A., Morozov L.A., Inviyaeva E.V., Makieva M.I., Zubkov V.V., Degtyarev D.N. Impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy outcomes and neonatal health (literature review). Akusherstvo i ginekoLogiya: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Obstetrics and Gynecology: News, Opinions, Training]. 2021; 9 (4): 63-70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2303-9698-2021-9-4-63-70 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
Sukhikh Gennadii Tikhonovich
Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, V.I. Kulakov Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology National Medical Research Center of Ministry of Healthсаre of the Russian Federation, Moscow
CHIEF EDITOR
Kurtser Mark Arkadievich
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Professor, Head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Subdepartment of the Pediatric Department, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Scientific Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
CHIEF EDITOR
Radzinsky Viktor Evseevich
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Professor, Head of the Subdepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology with a Course of Perinatology of the Medical Department in the Russian People?s Friendship University

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