Washington study finds pregnant patients with COVID-19 have a higher risk of death, hospitalization By Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times
Published: January 28, 2021, 10:30am
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For the first several months of the pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assured pregnant patients they were in no greater danger from the novel coronavirus than anyone else.
It wasn’t until the agency analyzed national data last summer that they discovered pregnant people with COVID-19 appeared to be at higher risk for serious illness and hospitalization.
Now, a new study from Washington state confirms those results and also finds a much higher risk of death than previously reported, suggesting the peril to pregnant patients continues to be underestimated across the country.
What we do and our guidance to our patients is that.. they have to be aware that there [weren t] any pregnant patients in the studies that were performed.
Garcia said that in her field the guidelines are set forth by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. They recommend that we should not be withholding these vaccines from pregnant patients, Garcia explained.
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