Evolution and outcomes of COVID-19 in the pregnancy puerperal cycle: integrative literature review
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COVID-19, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy, Postpartum, Maternal DeathAbstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe through national and international scientific literature the evolution and outcomes of COVID-19 in pregnant and puerperal women. METHOD: This is an Integrative Literature Review carried out with studies in electronic media; in august 2022 with data extracted from Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, on the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online portal via the National Library of Medicine, in English or Portuguese and published as of december 2019. The studies were screened using the Rayyan web application, and the methodological assessment of the studies was carried out according to their level of evidence and quality assessed using tools developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute. RESULTS: The review included twenty-two articles from observational studies, presented in a table, from which the following categories emerged: “Risk factors, vulnerability and characteristics of COVID-19 in pregnant and puerperal women” and “Serious outcomes of COVID-19 in pregnant and puerperal women”. The infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 has caused numerous public health problems worldwide, with serious repercussions in the health field, in which pregnant and puerperal women had a higher risk of needing intensive care, intubation, higher frequency of admission to the Intensive Care Unit and mortality. CONCLUSION: Pregnancy and the postpartum period can be an important risk factor associated with COVID-19, and pregnant and postpartum women had a higher risk of death and unfavorable obstetric outcomes. There was a higher risk of death among pregnant and postpartum women, especially black women compared to white and brown women.
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