Marcin Januszewski, Laura Ziuzia-Januszewska, Alicja A Jakimiuk, Tomasz Oleksik, Marek Pokulniewicz, Waldemar Wierzba, Krzysztof Kozlowski, Artur J Jakimiuk
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic and has spread around the globe, unsparingly affecting vulnerable populations. Effective prevention measures for pregnant women, who are particularly affected, include early identification of those patients at risk of developing in-hospital complications, and the continuous improvement of maternal-fetal treatment strategies to ensure the efficient use of health resources. The objective of our retrospective study was to determine which patient biomarkers on hospital admission correlate with disease severity as measured by disease course classification, the need for oxygen supplementation and higher demand for oxygen, the need for mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit admission, and length of hospital stay. Analysis of 52 PCR SARS-CoV-2 positive pregnant women revealed that the median date of hospital admission was the 30th gestational week, with dyspnoea, cough, and fever as the leading symptoms. The presence of diabetes and hypertension predisposed pregnant women to the severe course of illness. Lung involvement shown by CT scans on admission correlated with the greater clinical severity. The main laboratory predictors of disease progression were lymphocytopenia, hypocalcemia, low total cholesterol, low total protein levels, and high serum levels of C-reactive protein, ferritin, interleukin-6, glucose, lactate dehydrogenase, procalcitonin, and troponin I. Further research with a larger cohort of pregnant women is needed to determine the utility of these results for everyday practice.
期刊介绍:
The Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences (BJBMS) is an international, English-language, peer reviewed journal, publishing original articles from different disciplines of basic medical sciences. BJBMS welcomes original research and comprehensive reviews as well as short research communications in the field of biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences and physiology.