Obstetric challenges during COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative review

• Main Authors: Ehab Helmy Abdel Malek Fahmy, Yeap, Boon Tat, Dg Marshitah Pg Baharuddin, Abdel Mohsen Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Hafez, Win Win Than, May, Zaw Soe, Mohd Firdaus Mohd Hayati, Yeung, Sing Chin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
• Subjects: RG551-591 Pregnancy
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32187/3/Obstetric%20challenges%20during%20COVID-19%20pandemic_%20A%20narrative%20review_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32187/1/Obstetric%20challenges%20during%20COVID-19%20pandemic_%20A%20narrative%20review.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32187/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080121009456?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102995

The severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic impacts the health of women at reproductive age in different ways, starting from pregnancy planning to post-delivery. This narrative review summarises the challenges to obstetric practice posed by the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this paper, we highlight the impacts of COVID-19 to obstetric practice globally and the efforts taken to address these challenges. Further study is critical to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy, the outcome of COVID-19 positive pregnant women, and the safety of vaccination during pregnancy and breastfeeding.