Many Covid-Positive Pregnant Women Are Asymptomatic: Study

December 12, New York (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers, including one from India, found that the majority of pregnant women who tested positive for Covid-19 when they arrived in the delivery room were asymptomatic.

In a retrospective cross-sectional study of the universal screening of SARS-Cov-2, a virus that causes Covid-19, conducted in March and April at the Labor and Delivery Unit at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, researchers found 130. More than one-third of nearly pregnant women were positive for coronavirus.

According to a study published in the journal PLOS One, this was a much higher rate than reported at other hospitals in New York City during the pandemic surge and was associated with the social inequality experienced by those around them. It may be.

The majority or 72% of pregnant patients who tested positive were asymptomatic. In other words, there were no symptoms associated with Covid-19.

These findings add evidence that there was an early and rampant asymptomatic spread of the disease at a time when most community and hospital examinations were limited to symptomatic individuals.

“This study is beneficial to other labor and delivery units, as well as hospitals around the world, as it continues to improve its pandemic readiness,” said Dr. Sheilamal, a research author at Mount Sinai Hospital in the United States. I am.

“In future epidemics, pregnant women continue to seek essential care despite measuring social distance, and generally represent young and healthy communities, so delivery and childbirth. It may be wise to look at the number of screenings much earlier, “added Dr. Maru.

Dr. Maru said that universal screening in the delivery unit ensured patient and staff safety during an acute surge in Covid-19 infection by properly identifying and isolating pregnant women with positive test results. It was.

In addition to Covid-19 status, this study provides patient demographic data, including clinical data such as age, ethnicity, first language, zip code, marital status, health insurance status, and birth method, length of stay, etc. confirmed. Comorbidities such as chronic hypertension, pre-eclampsia, pre-pregnancy obesity, asthma, diabetes, depression and anxiety.

A study previously published in the journal JAMA Network Open found that 95% of women who were positive for Covid-19 during pregnancy had no adverse results.

Source: IANS

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