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. 2020 Apr 28;65(18):1537–1542. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.040

Table 1.

Clinical features of the pregnant women with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4 Patient 5
Age (year) 34 25 23 34 28
Sex Female Female Female Female Female
Gestational age at admission (weeks + days) 38 weeks + 6 days 34 weeks + 4 days 37 weeks + 3 days 36 weeks + 4 days 37 weeks
Pregnancy/birth 1/0 1/0 2/0 5/1 1/0
Huanan seafood market exposure No No No No No
Reasons for hospitalization Wait for parturition, abdominal pain Pregnancy with viral pneumonia Pregnancy with viral pneumonia Pregnancy with viral pneumonia Fever, colporrhagia
Chronic illness No No No No No
Initial symptoms Fever Fever Fever Fever Fever, cough
Severity of pneumonia Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild
24 h before to 72 h after onset of parturition Antepartum 24 h Postpartum 72 h Antepartum 24 h Postpartum 72 h Antepartum 24 h Postpartum 72 h Antepartum 24 h Postpartum 72 h Antepartum 24 h Postpartum 72 h
Fever No Yes No No No Yes No NO YES YES
Highest temperature(°C) 36.5 37.6 NA 36.8 38.7 38.5 36.4 36.8 38.1 39.3
Chest distress No Yes No No Yes No No NO NO NO
Myalgia No No No No No No No NO NO NO
Nasal congestion No No No No No No No NO NO NO
Cough No No No No Yes Yes No NO YES YES
Sore throat No No No No No No No NO NO NO
Sputum Production No No No No No No No NO YES YES
Dyspnea No No No No Yes No No NO NO YES
Hemoptysis No No No No No No No NO NO NO
Other Abdominal, anorexia No No No No No No NO Abdominal NO
Lowest SpO2 (%) 93%–96% 93% with oxygen inhalation 99% 99% ND ND 94% 94% ND 94% with oxygen inhalation
Oxygen support No Nasal cannula (3 L/min) Nasal cannula (2 L/min) Nasal cannula (2 L/min) No Nasal cannula (3  L/min–5 L/min) No Nasal cannula (3 L/min) NO Nasal cannula (10 L/min)
Duration of fever (day) 7 2 11 8 11
Days from illness onset to dyspnoea None None 4 None None
Diagnosis method Real-time PCR Real-time PCR Real-time PCR Real-time PCR Real-time PCR
Days from admission to SARS-CoV-2 detection 5 0 5 1 day before admission 3
Surgical indications 39 weeks pregnant, abdominal pain Viral pneumonia Viral pneumonia Viral pneumonia Eutocia
Delivery mode Cesarean section Cesarean section Cesarean section Cesarean section Eutocia
Time between symptom onset and neonate delivery (day) 6 11 5 10 8
Antiviral therapy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Antibiotic therapy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Corticosteroid No Yes No Yes Yes

ND: not detected; NA: not available.