Caring for pregnant patients with COVID-19 :

Caring for pregnant patients with COVID-19 : practical tips getting from policy to practice / Viktoriya London [and seven others]

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic with most American cases in New York. As an institution residing in a high-prevalence zip code, with over 8,000 births annually, we have cared for over 80 COVID-19-infected pregnant women, and have encountered many challenges in applying new national standards for care. In this article, we review how to change outpatient and inpatient practices, develop, and disseminate new hospital protocols, and we highlight the psychosocial challenges for pregnant patients and their providers.

In: American Journal of Perinatology. 2020 vol. 37 (8) pages:850-853.
doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1710539. Epub 2020 May 7.


Betacoronavirus --isolation and purification
Coronavirus Infections--prevention and control
Evidence-Based Practice --trends
Infection Control--methods
Pandemics--prevention and control
Perinatal Care--organization and administration
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious--prevention and control