Clinical characteristics, management, and short term outcome of neonates born to mothers with COVID-19 in a tertiary care hospital in India

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Authors

Sushma Malik · Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital

Suchitra Surve · National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health

Poonam Wade · Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital

Santosh Kondekar · Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital

Vishal Sawant · Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital

Murtuja Shaikh · Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital

Abstract

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.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Global Maternal and Child Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volume 67, Issue 3

DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmab054

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