Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Key messageQuestion: How to manage the newborn born to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pregnant?Finding: Medical staff managed the delivery and neonatal care of a COVID-19 pregnant patient was based on the "Guidelines for COVID-19 response."Meaning: We desire that our management will help treat for subsequent patients and there should be updated continuously the prevention and control consensus strategies for newborn COVID-19.On March 6, 2020, a female neonate was born to a 28-yearold woman in Daegu Fatima Hospital at 37 weeks and 6 days.On February 24, twelve days before the delivery, her mother was confirmed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and stayed self-isolated at home.Her father, who is also a member of the Shincheonji religious organization, was diagnosed with COVID-19 2 days before his wife.We report a first case of infant born to mother with confirmed COVID-19 in South Korea and describe the management approach for neonates born to women with confirmed COVID-19 including practical method for prevention and control infection. What happened in Daegu in February 2020?On February 18, 2020, the 31st confirmed patient of COVID-19 was reported in Daegu, South Korea, as a member of the Shincheonji religious organization.1) It caused the huge cluster of infection and triggered the outbreak of COVID-19 infection.As characteristic of religion which young female believers take up the majority, cases of COVID-19 pregnant and infant patient are expected to increase.At the beginning of the outbreak of COVID-19, the Public Relief Hospitals were not operated.And the general delivery hospitals were unable to proceed with the treatment and delivery of pregnant women suspected with COVID-19.On February 23, 2020, Daegu Fatima Hospital was designated to hospital by Daegu city government to manage confirmed or suspected pregnant patients with COVID-19. How to delivery of a COVID-19 pregnant patient?Approach for delivery and neonatal care of a COVID-19 pregnant patient was based on the Guidelines for COVID-19 response by Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) and The Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.2)
Source: Korean Journal of Pediatrics
Institution: Daegu Fatima Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3043814254