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Objective: this study aimed to clarify the clinical characteristics, obstetrical and fetal outcomes of patients with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in different stage during pregnancy.Methods: 13 pregnant women with COVID-19 were admitted to Wuhan central hospital and Renmin hospital of Wuhan university between Jan 20 and march 20, 2020, including four patients in first and second trimester demanding for pregnancy termination, seven in first and second trimester and two in third trimester keeping pregnancy. The two groups’ clinical characteristics, treatment and maternal and fetal outcomes were observed and analyzed.Results: Most common clinical manifestation were fever and cough. Among the patients keeping pregnancy, one had a spontaneous miscarriage and fetal malformation was found in another one. Two patients who had a vaginal delivery presented good maternal and neonatal outcomes. All patients showed a good recovery. Conclusion: SARS-COV-2 infection could cause spontaneous miscarriage and fetal malformation in early pregnancy.
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Fever , Cough , Virus Diseases , COVID-19 , Fetal DiseasesABSTRACT
Background: With the widespread outbreak of novel coronavirus diseases 2019(COVID-19), more and more death cases were reported, however, limited data are available for the patients who died. We aimed to explore the clinial characteristics of deaths with COVID-19 pneumonia Methods: We abstracted and analyzed epidemiological, demographic, clinical, and laboratory data from 83 death cases with COVID-19 pneumonia in East hospital of Wuhan university Renmin hospital,between January 26, 2020, and February 28, 2020.Results: Of the 83 deaths, none was the medical staff. The mean age was 71.8 years (SD 13.2; range, 34-97 years) and 53(63.9%) were male. The median from onset to admission was 10 days (IQR 7-14: range, 2-43 days), to death was 17days (IQR 14-21: range, 6-54 days). Most deaths (66[80%]) had underlying comorbid diseases, the most of which was hypertension [47(57%)]. The main initial symptoms of these 83 deaths were shortness of breath(98.8%), fever(94%) and myalgia or fatigue(90.4%). Laboratory analyses showed the lymphocytopenia in 69(83%) deaths, hypoalbuminemia in 77(93%) deaths, the elevation of lactate dehydrogenase in 79(95%) deaths, procalcitonin in 69(83%) deaths and C-reactive protein in 79(95%) deaths. All 83 patients received antiviral treatment, 81(97.6%) deaths received antibiotic therapy, and 54(65.1%) deaths received glucocorticoid therapy and 20(24.1%) patients received invasive mechanical ventilation.Conclusion: Most of the deaths with COVID-19 pneumonia were elderly patients with underlying comorbid diseases, especially those over 70 years of age. The time of death was mostly 15-21 days after the onset of the disease. More care should be given to the elderly in the further prevention and control strategies of COVID-19.