Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 26 views

    COVID-19 and Neonatal Resuscitation: Editorial Note

    Uploaded by

    anhiramdhani
    The document discusses two papers with recommendations for neonatal resuscitation when the mother has suspected COVID-19 infection. The papers come from Italy, where COVID-19 has caused many deaths, and Hong Kong, where fewer deaths have occurred. Vertical transmission of the virus from mother to newborn seems unlikely, though some adverse outcomes in babies born to infected mothers have been reported.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    COVID-19 and Neonatal Resuscitation: Editorial Note

    Uploaded by

    anhiramdhani
    26 views1 page
    The document discusses two papers with recommendations for neonatal resuscitation when the mother has suspected COVID-19 infection. The papers come from Italy, where COVID-19 has caused many deaths, and Hong Kong, where fewer deaths have occurred. Vertical transmission of the virus from mother to newborn seems unlikely, though some adverse outcomes in babies born to infected mothers have been reported.

    Original Description:

    Jia

    Original Title

    508003

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document discusses two papers with recommendations for neonatal resuscitation when the mother has suspected COVID-19 infection. The papers come from Italy, where COVID-19 has caused many deaths, and Hong Kong, where fewer deaths have occurred. Vertical transmission of the virus from mother to newborn seems unlikely, though some adverse outcomes in babies born to infected mothers have been reported.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    26 views1 page

    COVID-19 and Neonatal Resuscitation: Editorial Note

    Uploaded by

    anhiramdhani
    The document discusses two papers with recommendations for neonatal resuscitation when the mother has suspected COVID-19 infection. The papers come from Italy, where COVID-19 has caused many deaths, and Hong Kong, where fewer deaths have occurred. Vertical transmission of the virus from mother to newborn seems unlikely, though some adverse outcomes in babies born to infected mothers have been reported.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 1

    Editorial Note

    Neonatology Published online: April 23, 2020


    DOI: 10.1159/000508003

    COVID-19 and Neonatal


    Resuscitation

    In this issue of Neonatology, we publish two papers We hope that you find the recommendations con-
    with suggestions for neonatal resuscitation when the tained in these thoughtful reports from Italy [1] and Hong
    mother is suspected of having COVID-19 infection [1, 2]. Kong [2] useful and helpful in planning perinatal care for
    These papers come from Italy [1] where the COVID-19 infants at risk of developing COVID-19 infection. We
    pandemic has resulted in many thousands of deaths and wish all our readers well in their efforts to combat the ef-
    from Hong Kong [2] where, in contrast, only 4 lives to fects of this terrible pandemic and salute all those health-
    date have been lost to the infection. These differences in care workers in their dedication to the task. We are con-
    outcomes between Europe and Asia will need to be ex- vinced that solutions will be found to overcome this dead-
    plored in future research studies taking into account de- ly virus.
    mographic factors [3] as well as government and medical Henry L. Halliday, Editor-in-Chief
    responses. There is uncertainty about whether the CO- Christian P. Speer, Editor-in-Chief
    VID-19 virus can be transmitted vertically from mother
    to newborn infant either in utero or at birth. Although
    vertical transmission seems unlikely, there have been re-
    ports of early neonatal infection [4, 5]. Zhu et al. [4] re-
    ported some adverse outcomes in 10 babies born to moth- References
    ers with COVID-19 infection. These adverse outcomes   1 Trevisanuto D, Moschino L, Doglioni N, Roehr CC, Gervasi MT, Baral-
    included fetal distress, premature labor, respiratory dis- di E. Neonatal resuscitation where the mother has a suspected or con-
    firmed novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection: suggestion for a
    tress, thrombocytopenia and abnormal liver function, but pragmatic action plan. Neonatology. 2020. DOI: 10.1159/000507935.
    the neonates themselves tested negative for the virus. It is  2 Ng PC. Infection control measures for COVID-19 in labour suite
    likely that vertical transmission of the virus did not occur, and neonatal unit – A commentary. Neonatology. 2020. DOI:
    10.1159/000508002.
    and the neonatal complications were related to preterm   3 Dowd JB, Andriano L, Brazel DM, Rotondi V, Block P, Ding X, et al. De-
    delivery [4]. Zhang et al. [5] in a very recent report could mographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of
    only find 4 infected newborns in China and they present- COVID-19 [Online ahead of print]. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020 Apr;
    202004911.
    ed aged between 30 h and 17 days after birth suggesting   4 Zhu H, Wang L, Fang C, Peng S, Zhang L, Chang G, et al. Clinical analy-
    nosocomial infection. These babies had mild or no illness, sis of 10 neonates born to mothers with 2019-nCoV pneumonia. Transl
    none needed intensive care, and all seemed to have recov- Pediatr. 2020 Feb;9(1):51–60.
      5 Zhang ZJ, Yu XJ, Fu T, Liu Y, Jiang Y, Yang BX, et al. Novel coronavirus
    ered. Three of the infants had been separated from their infection in newborn babies under 28 days in China. Eur Respir J. 2020
    mother right after birth and were not breastfed [5]. Apr;2000697.

    © 2020 S. Karger AG, Basel

    [email protected]
    www.karger.com/neo

    You might also like