Publicación:

Estrategias de prevención y efectos del SARS-Cov2 en gestantes según revisión de literatura

Resumen

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-Cov2) generated concern in a vulnerable group (women in their pregnancy process) and its possible maternal-fetal complications or the risk of vertical transmission to the fetus. Objective: To establish the prevention strategies and the effects of SARS-Cov2 in pregnant women according to a literature review. Methods: systematic literature review, with database search, defined keywords and exclusion and inclusion criteria; reading and extraction of information to consolidate in Excel and subsequent selection of information according to the objectives. Results: as strategies were social distancing, use of a mask, hand washing and vaccination; to end the pregnancy, the frequent procedure was cesarean section; The effects of SARS-Cov2 on pregnant women were mild symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, headache, etc.) and more serious symptoms such as maternal death, admission to the adult intensive care unit. In newborns confirmed with SARS-Cov2 without direct exposure to the mother, they presented respiratory distress, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU Neo), preterm deliveries, poor neonatal adaptation, low birth weight, fetal distress. Conclusions: The prevention strategies to reduce the spread of SARS-Cov2 in pregnant women was the knowledge and application of measures and vaccination as a protective factor for the newborn. Keywords: pregnant women, prevention strategies, consequences generated, Covid-19, SARS-Cov2.