March 27, 2020

Anaesthetic management and clinical outcomes of parturients with COVID-19: a multicentre, retrospective, propensity score matched cohort study.

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• This retrospective matched case-control study compared 89 parturients with COVID-19 to 173 non-COVID-19 parturients undergoing C-section delivery, and determined that COVID-19 parturient characteristics include: fever, cough, increased plasma CRP, and decreased lymphocyte count.
• Anaesthesia-related complications occurred more frequently in COVID-19 parturients, and their newborns had a higher risk of distress (low Apgar score and higher NICU admission).

Zhang et al. (Mar 27, 2020). Anaesthetic management and clinical outcomes of parturients with COVID-19: a multicentre, retrospective, propensity score matched cohort study. Pre-print downloaded Mar 27 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.24.20042176