Safe delivery for pregnancies affected by COVID-19

H Qi¹, X Luo¹, Y Zheng², H Zhang¹, J Li³, L Zou⁴, L Feng⁵, D Chen⁶, Y Shi⁷, C Tong¹, P N Baker⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
² Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
⁷ Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
⁸ College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

H Qi et al. BJOG. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;127(8):927-929.

doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16231. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

H Qi¹, X Luo¹, Y Zheng², H Zhang¹, J Li³, L Zou⁴, L Feng⁵, D Chen⁶, Y Shi⁷, C Tong¹, P N Baker⁸

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
² Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
⁷ Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
⁸ College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

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Keywords: COVID-19; delivery; infection; solutions.

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The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chien P. Chien P. BJOG. 2020 Jul;127(8):917-918. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16299. BJOG. 2020. PMID: 32529699 Free PMC article.

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