Maternal death due to COVID-19
S Hantoushzadeh, AA Shamshirsaz, A Aleyasin… - American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Despite 2.5 million infections and 169,000 deaths worldwide (as of April 20,
2020), no maternal deaths and only a few pregnant women afflicted with severe respiratory
morbidity have been reported to be related to COVID-19 disease. Given the disproportionate
burden of severe and fatal respiratory disease previously documented among pregnant
women following other coronavirus-related outbreaks (SARS-CoV in 2003 and MERS-CoV
in 2012) and influenza pandemics over the last century, the absence of reported maternal …
2020), no maternal deaths and only a few pregnant women afflicted with severe respiratory
morbidity have been reported to be related to COVID-19 disease. Given the disproportionate
burden of severe and fatal respiratory disease previously documented among pregnant
women following other coronavirus-related outbreaks (SARS-CoV in 2003 and MERS-CoV
in 2012) and influenza pandemics over the last century, the absence of reported maternal …