{"id":17291,"date":"2022-08-24T04:38:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T04:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/?page_id=17291"},"modified":"2025-06-14T03:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T03:33:24","slug":"journal-2022-vol-23-no-1-original-articles-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/journal-2022-vol-23-no-1-original-articles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal 2022 Vol.23 No.1 Original Articles 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Journal 2022 Vol.23 No<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">.1<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Clinical Profile and Course on Follow-Up of Newborns of SARS-CoV-2 Positive Mothers<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Vivien Lorraine L. Duyongco, M.D., Victora G. Bael, M.D., Karen Joy N. Kimseng, M.D., <\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Cleo Anna Marie D. Pasco, M.D. and Aimee Cristine C. Tan, M.D.<\/em><br \/>\nAbstract<br \/>\nObjective: <\/strong>This study aims to determine the clinical profile and course on follow-up of newborns delivered to a SARS-CoV-2 positive mother from two private tertiary hospitals.<br \/>\n<strong>Methodology:<\/strong>\u00a0This is a retrospective, cross-sectional study. A chart review of all neonates delivered to SARS-CoV-2 positive mothers was conducted. Subsequent interview was done to determine their clinical course and neurologic status at 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, and 15-month-old. Data collected was presented as frequencies, percentages, or proportions.<br \/>\n<strong>Results:<\/strong>\u00a0Out of the 67 newborns born to SARS-CoV-2 positive mothers, three neonates tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. All three were delivered to mothers with mild symptoms, were full term, with good APGAR score and appropriate for gestational age. One was eventually intubated and managed as COVID-19 confirmed critical. Among the SARS-CoV-2 negative newborns, majority had an unremarkable neonatal outcome. Thirty-six neonates were available for follow-up: 1 expired due to aspiration pneumonia at 2 months of age, 4 were readmitted for pneumonia, UTI, acute gastroenteritis, and cow\u2019s milk allergy. Twenty-one had infection at one point prior to this study follow-up but were all mild not requiring admission. Two had abnormal head size, while 2 had developmental delay, these 4 infants with neurological findings on follow-up were all RT-PCR negative at birth.<br \/>\n<strong>Conclusion:<\/strong>\u00a0Maternal COVID-19 infection does not necessarily result to a neonatal infection. For those neonate swith mild symptoms, SARS-CoV-2 causality could not be established. On follow-up, there were a few who developed significant problems that have long-term implications in the overall growth and development of the child.<br \/>\n<strong>Keywords:<\/strong>\u00a0Maternal COVID-19 infection (SARS-CoV-2 positive mother), Neonatal outcome, Long-term follow-up<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.56964\/pidspj20222301006\"><strong>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.56964\/pidspj20222301006<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/006_PIDSP-vol-23-no-1_DUYONGCO_-covid-ffup.pdf\" target=\"_\" rel=\"noopener\">View Full Article in PDF format<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journal 2022 Vol.23 No.1 Clinical Profile and Course on Follow-Up of Newborns of SARS-CoV-2 Positive Mothers Vivien Lorraine L. Duyongco, M.D., Victora G. Bael, M.D., Karen Joy N. Kimseng, M.D., Cleo Anna Marie D. Pasco, M.D. and Aimee Cristine C. Tan, M.D. Abstract Objective: This study aims to determine the clinical profile and course on  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17291","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17291"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19960,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17291\/revisions\/19960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}