Global interim guidance on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during pregnancy and puerperium from FIGO and allied partners: Information for healthcare professionals

Liona C Poon; Huixia Yang; Anil Kapur; Nir Melamed; Blami Dao; Hema Divakar; H David McIntyre; Anne B Kihara; Diogo Ayres-de-Campos; Enrico M Ferrazzi; Gian Carlo Di Renzo; Moshe Hod

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13156

Global interim guidance on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during pregnancy and puerperium from FIGO and allied partners: Information for healthcare professionals

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Jun;149(3):273-286. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13156. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

Authors

Liona C Poon^{1

2}, Huixia Yang^{3

2}, Anil Kapur^{4

2}, Nir Melamed⁵, Blami Dao⁶, Hema Divakar⁷, H David McIntyre⁸, Anne B Kihara⁹, Diogo Ayres-de-Campos¹⁰, Enrico M Ferrazzi¹¹, Gian Carlo Di Renzo^{12

13}, Moshe Hod^{14

15}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
² These authors contributed equally.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ World Diabetes Foundation, Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Jhpiego, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁷ Divakars Speciality Hospital, Bengaluru, India.
⁸ Mater Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
⁹ African Federation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁰ Department of Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Santa Maria Hospital, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
¹¹ Regional Authority of Lombardi, IRCCS Foundation Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Polyclinic, Mangiagalli Centre, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹² Center of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
¹³ IM Sechenov First State University, Moscow, Russia.
¹⁴ Mor Women's Health Care Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
¹⁵ FIGO - Chair, Pregnancy and NCDs Committee, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Abstract

In response to the World Health Organization (WHO) statements and international concerns regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak, FIGO has issued comprehensive guidance for the management of pregnant women.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus disease 2019; SARS-CoV-2; management; pneumonia; pregnancy; puerperium.

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MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
Coronavirus*
Female
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral*
Postpartum Period
Pregnancy
Recombination, Genetic
SARS-CoV-2