Abstract
The present study aimed to compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes between pregnant women and non-pregnant women of childbearing age (20-49 years old) diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Korea. This nationwide observational study included the information of COVID-19 patients collected by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency from January 2020 to April 2021. Among 5,647 COVID-19 patients, 2,444 (43.3%) were women of childbearing age and 19 were pregnant. None of the pregnant women died. However, 4 deaths occurred among non-pregnant women aged 20-49 years. None of the 19 pregnant women with COVID-19 were admitted to the intensive care unit: they were admitted to the general ward, and none of them required supplemental oxygen. In conclusion, none of the pregnant women with COVID-19 experienced severe infection or death, unlike non-pregnant women of childbearing age.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pregnancy; SARS-CoV-2.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Pregnancy, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, Severe infection, intensive care, Clinical characteristics, COVID-19 pandemic, prevention, outcome, pregnant women, Control, death, women, information, COVID-19 patients, pregnant, COVID-19 patient, supplemental oxygen, childbearing age, initial, collected, occurred, died, diagnosed, required, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 Maternal, clinical, Korean, Period,