Analysis of the course of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 in pregnant women under treatment in the Infection Department of Clinical Hospital no. 1 in Smolensk

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The physiological features of the pregnant womans body include her in the risk group for a more severe course of the disease, therefore, the management and treatment of such patients requires the most careful monitoring, as well as the coordinated work of a gynecologist and an infectious disease specialist.
 AIM: To evaluate the variants of the course of the disease in pregnant women with confirmed coronavirus infection.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: The medical records of patients who were treated in the infectious diseases department of the Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Smolensk from May 2020 to September 2021 were analyzed, the necessary data were included in the protocols of our study. Such indicators as the main diagnosis and severity of the course of the disease, complaints at admission, the presence and stage of fever, age, gestational age, the presence of concomitant pathology and a complicated obstetric and gynecological history were evaluated.
 RESULTS: Analysis of the course of the disease according to the medical history showed that a moderate form of a new coronavirus infection dominates pregnant women.
 CONCLUSIONS: A trend towards a moderate course of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 has been established. The probability that this is due to the presence in most patients with a history of diseases of the cardiovascular system, kidneys, liver, as well as diabetes, obesity, anemia.