MATERNAL AND PERINATAL OUTCOME OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH PCR CONFIRMED COVID-19 INFECTION IN THIRD TRIMESTER AND ITS EFFECT ON IUGR AND NEONATAL OUTCOME

Background: The potential hazards of the COVID-19 coronavirus illness have prompted considerable caution. Pregnant women's clinical, radiological, and neonatal data can reveal serious issues such as pneumonia. Aim and objectives: to assess third-trimester COVID-19-infected mothers' and third-trimester babies' outcomes by comparing COVID-19-infected pregnant women to those without infection. Subjects and methods: One hundred pregnant women were split into two groups for this prospective observational study at Benha University Hospitals' obstetrics and gynecology department: Group (A) (Case Group): involved 50 pregnant women with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19; Group (B) (Control Group): included 50 normal pregnant women without a confirmed COVID-19 infection for at least 3 months. Result : There was a significant difference regarding maternal outcomes in both study groups. Conclusion: There is insufficient evidence to conclude that SARS-CoV-2 infection boosts the chances of maternal complications and fetal and neonatal problems. However, in this study, we found that difficult breast feeding and NICU admission were increasing in patients with COVID-19, which suggests the need for investigation of cystosis, lymph node enlargement, WBCs, and CRP to lower the risk of adverse outcomes.