{"id":17341,"date":"2022-08-25T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T10:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/?page_id=17341"},"modified":"2025-06-14T04:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:22:30","slug":"journal-2021-vol-22-no-1-original-articles-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/journal-2021-vol-22-no-1-original-articles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal 2021 Vol.22 No.1 Original Articles 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Journal 2021 Vol.22 No.1<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Outcomes of Infants Born to Mothers with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Tertiary Hospital<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Jemilly Margaux L. Po, M.D.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Abstract<br \/>\nIntroduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Pregnant women are a susceptible population to emerging infections. Recent published data have shown evidence of possible transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2. However, at present there are not enough data to determine its effect on the fetus. This study aims to determine the outcomes of infants born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection.<br \/>\n<strong>Methods:<\/strong> A retrospective descriptive institution-based study using data collected from medical records of infants born to confirmed COVID-19 mothers delivered from April to June 2020.<br \/>\n<strong>Results:<\/strong> Of the 47 neonates, none of them were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR. Majority were born full-term, mean gestational age of 37 weeks, weight of 2867 grams, appropriate for gestational age, good APGAR score, and delivered through cesarean section. Symptomatic neonates (27.7%) had tachypnea and vomiting as the most common manifestation, 13.3% had lymphopenia while pneumonia was the predominant radiologic finding. There was a significant association between the presence or absence of symptoms among mothers and neonates (p=0.037).<br \/>\n<strong>Conclusion:<\/strong> The neonatal outcome in this study was good with 98% survival at 2 weeks of life. There was note of 2.1% morbidity and mortality. Given that the clinical data in newborns are very limited and the possibility of a vertical transmission is still uncertain, it is crucial to closely monitor neonates with increased risk of COVID-19 infection.<br \/>\n<strong>Keywords:<\/strong> COVID-19, Neonates, Vertical transmission<br \/>\n<strong>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.56964\/pidspj2021220106<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Vol-22-No-1_Po_Outcomes-of-Infants-Born-to-Mothers-with-SARS-CoV-2-Infection-in-a-Tertiary-Hospital_FORMATTED_v5.pdf\" target=\"_\" rel=\"noopener\">View Full Article in PDF format<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journal 2021 Vol.22 No.1 Outcomes of Infants Born to Mothers with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Tertiary Hospital Jemilly Margaux L. Po, M.D. Abstract Introduction:\u00a0Pregnant women are a susceptible population to emerging infections. Recent published data have shown evidence of possible transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2. However, at present there are not enough data to determine its  [&#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-17341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17341","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=17341"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19987,"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17341\/revisions\/19987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pidsphil.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}