Covid 19 epidemic has caused a lot of concern especially in the obstetric
and neonatal populations. The fact that it is a new disease and the fact that
there are sparse studies available have doubled
our worries. Our study provides some answers. This a retrospective study
carried out in Mediclinic Al-Noor
hospital in Abu Dhabi. Our study revealed no adverse effects on the neonates
and no vertical transmission. Given the physiologic and immune function changes in pregnancy, they
might be considered at a higher risk of developing more complications, but it
needs a longer duration of the study with larger sample size. Statistical
analysis could not be possible in our study due to the smaller sample size, and
we plan to continue the study further in the future to obtain a larger pool of
data to validate the findings more accurately. The incidence of covid positive
mothers might not reflect today’s covid situation because we carried out the
study during the lockdown and there might be an increase in the incidence after
lockdown.
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