PREVENTION, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) IN PREGNANCY AND PUERPERIUM

Course overview

MANAGEMENT OF A NOVEL ILLNESS LIKE COVID-19 DURING PREGNANCY AND PUERPERIUM IS CHALLENGING, AS ONE GENERALLY FACES DIFFICULT DECISIONS REGARDING THE USE OF IONIZING RADIATION, POTENTIALLY FETOTOXIC THERAPEUTICS, AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF POOR OUTCOMES IF THE AFOREMENTIONED THERAPEUTICS ARE NOT USED. THE CHANGING EVIDENCE FROM THE START OF THE PANDEMIC HAS NOW ALERTED THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY TO THE POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESSION TO SEVERE DISEASE AND WORSE MATERNAL AND FETAL OUTCOMES. THEREFORE, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH, OR AT THE VERY LEAST A SCIENTIFICALLY RATIONAL APPROACH WHERE EVIDENCE IS LACKING, WHILE OFFERING MEDICAL SERVICES TO THIS UNIQUE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PREVENTION, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 IN PREGNANCY AND PUERPERIUM, AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN IMPROVING THE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.