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COVID-19 Admissions, Fatalities Up for Pregnant Women – HealthDay News
COVID-19 hospitalization rates 3.5-fold higher, case fatality rates 13.6-fold higher in pregnant patients versus similarly aged adults
FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Compared with similarly aged adults in Washington state, pregnant women have significantly higher COVID-19 hospitalization and case fatality rates, according to a study published online Jan. 26 in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Erica M. Lokken, Ph.D., from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues identified pregnant patients with a polymerase chain reaction-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…
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