Should we stop aspirin prophylaxis in pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19?

M Gavillet¹, D L Rolnik², M K Hoffman³, A Panchaud^{4

5}, D Baud⁶

Affiliations

¹ Service and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Department of Oncology and Department of Laboratories and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care, Newark, DE, USA.
⁴ Center for Research and Innovation in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Pharmacy Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Comment

M Gavillet et al. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;55(6):843-844.

doi: 10.1002/uog.22063.

M Gavillet¹, D L Rolnik², M K Hoffman³, A Panchaud^{4

5}, D Baud⁶

¹ Service and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Department of Oncology and Department of Laboratories and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care, Newark, DE, USA.
⁴ Center for Research and Innovation in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Pharmacy Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Why we should not stop giving aspirin to pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kwiatkowski S, Borowski D, Kajdy A, Poon LC, Rokita W, Wielgos M. Kwiatkowski S, et al. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun;55(6):841-843. doi: 10.1002/uog.22049. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020. PMID: 32304612 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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