Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Short-Term Outcome of Neonates Born to Mothers with COVID-19 in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India.

Sushma Malik Suchitra Surve Poonam Wade Santosh Kondekar Vishal Sawant Murtuja Shaikh Periyasamy KuppusamyRamesh BharmalSmita D Mahale Deepak N Modi Rahul K Gajbhiye

Published in: Journal of tropical pediatrics (2021)

Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection is observed in almost 6% of neonates born to mothers with perinatal COVID-19. There is a higher risk of adverse outcomes such as neonatal sepsis and death in the SARS-CoV-2 infected as compared to the noninfected neonates.

Keyphrases

sars cov
low birth weight
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
preterm infants
coronavirus disease
preterm birth
gestational age
acute kidney injury
pregnant women
intensive care unit
septic shock