Prevención y tratamiento de Covid- 19 en pacientes obstétricas

Abstract

Introduction: The general population is susceptible to SARS-CoV2 disease, however, vulnerable groups stand out as obstetric patients due to their immunological condition and physiological adaptations have the potential to influence the susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 Objective: To determine the prevention and treatment measures for Covid-19 in obstetric patients through an updated bibliographic review for timely medical care. Materials and methods: The study corresponds to a bibliographic review of scientific articles of quartile one and two in databases such as: Pubmed, Cochrane, Elsevier, published in the last five years and in high-impact scientific journals. Conclusion: The fundamental pillar of the treatment of Covid-19 in obstetric patients is prevention. Vaccines have been of great importance to mitigate the pandemic, they do not represent an imminent risk to the health of the pregnant woman and the product, on the contrary, demonstrating maternal and fetal benefits at the immunological level against this disease. The identification of the severity of the patients is important, for their categorization, and therefore an opportune treatment, as well as the knowledge of the signs of severity of the disease. They present the same clinical manifestations as the rest of the population; Similarly, it is concluded that there is no vertical transmission. Finally, limiting caesarean sections to what they merit as the case may be.