Intervention on Self-care in Reproductive Health in Reducing the Risk of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-۱۹) in Pregnancy: A Mini Review

Introduction: The outbreak of the new Coronavirus in China in December ۲۰۱۹ (COVID-۱۹) and subsequently in variousn countries around the world has raised concerns about the possibility of vertical transmission of the virus from mother to fetus. The present study aimed to review published literature in this regard. Methods: In this narrative review, we searched for all articles published in various databases including PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Science Direct, and Web of Science using MeSH-compliant keywords including COVID-۱۹, Pregnancy, Vertical transmission, self-care, Coronavirus ۲۰۱۹, SARS-CoV-۲ and ۲۰۱۹-nCoV from December ۲۰۱۹ to March ۱۸, ۲۰۲۰ and reviewed them. All type of articles published in the field of COVID-۱۹ and vertical transmission in pregnancy were included. Results: A review of ۸۶ final articles published in this area revealed that COVID-۱۹ can cause fetal distress, miscarriage, respiratory distress and preterm delivery in pregnant women but does not infect newborns. There has been no report of vertica l transmission in pregnancy, and it has been found that clinical symptoms of COVID-۱۹ in pregnant women are not different from those of non-pregnant women. Conclusion: Overall, due to the lack of appropriate data about the effect of COVID-۱۹ on pregnancy, it is necessary to monitor suspected pregnant women before and after delivery. For confirmed cases, both the mother and the newborn child should be followed up comprehensively.

Keywords:

COVID-۱۹ , Pregnancy , infectious disease transmission , Vertical , Coronavirus , severe acute respiratory syndrome