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Relation of COVID-19 infection to outcomes of pregnancy during the pandemic in Kirkuk city

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    • Ebaa Ghassan Akram 1
    • Safaa Ibrahim Mohammed 2
    • Jaklen Zaea Khoshaba 1

    1 M.B.Ch.B. D.G.O, Kirkuk health directorate, Kirkuk City, Iraq

    2 M. B. Ch. B. H. D. FM, Kirkuk health directorate, Kirkuk City, Iraq

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Based on what is known at this time, pregnant women are at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 compared to non-pregnant women. Additionally, pregnant women with COVID-19 might have an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth. The study was conducted in the city of Kirkuk city during the period between February 1, 2020, and September 1, 2020, at Gynecology and children hospital. Through the study, 100 pregnant women were received, complaining of Covid-19 infections, which were diagnosed in Kirkuk, and now Real Time PCR was confirmed through nasopharyngeal swabs that were taken from the Hospital. The study also included measuring the level of blood pressure, sugar and IL-6 in those women during the fifth to eight week, where we were infected, and then in the 12th week of pregnancy took place, where communication was made, and a level was measured, and as a result, these women who completed the period with a pre-term labor, miscarriage before the 24th week of pregnancy or those completed the period with successful pregnancyThe study showed that were asymptomatic, 45% of cases of COVID-19 patients were with mild infection and 10% were with severe infection (P<0.001) In this study, 10 % of COVID-19 pregnant women suffer from hypertension, 13% were with Diabetes, 35% with UTI while 70% were suffered from fever. When reaching 24th week of pregnancy, and as shown in Table 3. The study showed that 40% COVID-19 pregnant women experienced completed the period with a preterm labor, 10% was with miscarriage before the 24th week of pregnancy, while 50% of them completed the period continued the pregnancy. In this study, 82.5 % of COVID-19 pregnant women with preterm labor were suffered previously from fever comparing with 55% of COVID-19 pregnant women without preterm labor.The study showed that the highest mean of serum IL-6 was found in women infected with COVID-19 comparing with healthy control (12.8±3.6 v.s. 29.3±3.1 ng/ml) (P: <0.001). Conclusions:The study showed a significant relation of COVID-19 infection with pregnant women who pre-term labor especially who have high body temperature.

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  • COVID-19
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • IL-6
  • Kirkuk city
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European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 1
January 2020
Page 4314-4318
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Akram, E. G., Mohammed, S. I., & Khoshaba, J. Z. (2021). Relation of COVID-19 infection to outcomes of pregnancy during the pandemic in Kirkuk city. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 7(1), 4314-4318.

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Ebaa Ghassan Akram; Safaa Ibrahim Mohammed; Jaklen Zaea Khoshaba. "Relation of COVID-19 infection to outcomes of pregnancy during the pandemic in Kirkuk city". European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 7, 1, 2021, 4314-4318.

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Akram, E. G., Mohammed, S. I., Khoshaba, J. Z. (2021). 'Relation of COVID-19 infection to outcomes of pregnancy during the pandemic in Kirkuk city', European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 7(1), pp. 4314-4318.

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Akram, E. G., Mohammed, S. I., Khoshaba, J. Z. Relation of COVID-19 infection to outcomes of pregnancy during the pandemic in Kirkuk city. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 2021; 7(1): 4314-4318.

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