The Effect of Disease Severity on the Clinical Course, Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnancy in COVID-19 Infection

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical course, and maternal and perinatal outcomes of COVID-19 in pregnant women, to determine what kind of effects the severity of the disease causes on these results.
METHODS: The present study was planned retrospectively, and 303 patients, who were between the ages of 16-46, who were admitted by XXXXX Training and Research Hospital Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic between 15.03.2020 and 01.10.2021 and diagnosed with COVID-19 with RT-PCR test, pregnant patients and newborns of those who gave birth among these patients were included in it.
RESULTS: The mean age of the pregnant women in the severe and critical disease group was found to be significantly higher than the pregnant women in the mild disease group. The mean gestational week of the patients who were included in the study was 33.8±6.6 years. It was found that the pregnant women in the severe and critical disease group had a lower gestational week than the pregnant women in the mild disease group, and this difference was significant.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: It was determined that maternal age was higher in pregnant women who had severe and critical COVID-19 disease than those with mild disease. It was determined that the presence of obesity and comorbid disease in pregnant women with COVID-19 did not correlate with the severity of the disease.