The emergence and fast spread of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) threatens the world as a new public health crisis. This study aimed to clarify the impact of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on pregnant patients and maternal and neonatal outcomes. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in databases including PubMed, Scopus, Embase, ProQuest, and Science Direct. All studies including original data; case reports, case series, descriptive and observational studies, and randomized controlled trials were searched from December 2019 until 19 March 2020. Available data showed that pregnant patients in late pregnancy had clinical manifestations similar to non-pregnant adults. It appears that the risk of fetal distress, preterm delivery and prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM) rises with the onset of COVID-19 in the third trimester of pregnancy. There is also no evidence of intrauterine and transplacental transmission of COVID-19 to the fetus in the third trimester of pregnancies. This study has been published in National Center for Biotechnology Journal (NCBI) that can be accessed in
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7211430/
Speaker: Salut Muhidin (Macquarie University and Lembaga Demografi Universitas Indonesia)
Thursday, 6 August 2020 at 10.00-11.00 WIB
Open to the public and free
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Salut Muhidin, Ph.D is a senior lecturer at Macquarie University, Sydney-Australia. He is also currently an adjuct researcher at Lembaga Demografi FEB UI. He has strong interest in the study of migration, population projection and health. He obtained PhD degree in demography from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Prior to his placement at Macquarie University, he has been internationally posted at several academic/research organizations, including Population Division at IIASA-Vienna, Population Studies and Training Centre (PSTC) at Brown University-USA, Department of Demography, University de Montreal-Canada, and School of Geography at the University of Queensland.
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