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Objective: To examine the disease course in COVID-19 affected pregnant women Methods: A series of pregnant women with positive COVID-19 test result treated in a dedicated ward at a Teaching Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, was collated between April and June 2020 A predesigned proforma was used for data collection concerning clinical characteristics, obstetric outcomes and vertical transmission to the newborn Continuous variables were expressed as mean +/- standard deviation (SD) and median with inter-quartile range Categorical variables were expressed as frequency and percentages The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 24 Results: There were 26 COVID-19 positive pregnant women with mean gestational age of 31 +/- 8 8 weeks and mean age of 27 +/- 4 years Of these, 10 (38 4%) were asymptomatic Among symptomatic women 14/16 (87 5%) suffered fever and 11/16 (68 75%) had cough One case of severe pneumonia experienced mortality Of the 14 women delivered, 11 (78 5%) had caesarean section There were no cases of miscarriage, spontaneous preterm labor, intrauterine demise, neonatal death or vertical transmission of COVID-19 Conclusion: The majority of pregnant women with COVID-19 suffered mild disease Pregnancy did not appear to aggravate or change the course of COVID-19, nor did COVID-19 appear to increase the risk of obstetric complications
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