A Portuguese study revealed that Covid-19 may carry increased risks for pregnant women and fetuses

The press study recommends “individual monitoring in these cases and prevention of this population by vaccination.”

The conclusion of a national study released on Monday by General newspaper.

According to the publication, the study analyzed data from 630 women whose analyzes revealed that they had been infected during pregnancy between March 24, 2020 and March 3, 2021. published in the magazine Portuguese medical recordhas information from 23 Portuguese maternity hospitals and recommends that there be “individual monitoring in these cases and prophylaxis for this population with vaccination”.

This is the first national work with a more global view of the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women, although it does not take into account all cases of infected pregnant women in the country. According to the article, among 630 women, 60.3% were diagnosed after 36 weeks of gestation and 62.9% were asymptomatic. The median age was 30 years and 27.8% were obese. This was the most common comorbidity.

We found a more severe form of COVID-19 in 2.9% of pregnant women who needed respiratory support, which is similar to previously reported studies. After 33 weeks of pregnancy, women had more respiratory problems compared to the first and second trimesters, which may be associated with physiological changes at this stage.