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. 2020 Jul;99(7):819-822.
doi: 10.1111/aogs.13901. Epub 2020 Jun 13.

Public Health Agency of Sweden's Brief Report: Pregnant and postpartum women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in intensive care in Sweden

Julius Collin  1 , Emma Byström  1 , AnnaSara Carnahan  1 , Malin Ahrne  1
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Public Health Agency of Sweden's Brief Report: Pregnant and postpartum women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in intensive care in Sweden

Julius Collin et al. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

The Public Health Agency of Sweden has analyzed how many pregnant and postpartum women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have been treated in intensive care units (ICU) in Sweden between 19 March and 20 April 2020 compared with non-pregnant women of similar age. Cases were identified in a special reporting module within the Swedish Intensive Care Registry (SIR). Fifty-three women aged 20-45 years with SARS-CoV-2 were reported in SIR, and 13 of these women were either pregnant or postpartum (<1 week). The results indicate that the risk of being admitted to ICU may be higher in pregnant and postpartum women with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in Sweden, compared with non-pregnant women of similar age.

Keywords: coronavirus; coronavirus disease 2019; intensive care; intensive care unit; postpartum; pregnancy; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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