Table 2.

Admission criteria for COVID-19 pregnant women and PUIs

Clinical □Severe shortness of breath □Tachypnea (>20 breaths per minute) □Hypoxia (O2 of saturation <95% on room air with ambulation) □Pneumonia on imaging □Severe asthma □Serious comorbidities (eg, cancer, HIV infection, type I diabetes mellitus) Laboratory □Elevated C-reactive protein □Elevated procalcitonin □Platelet count <100,000/μL □Elevated prothrombin time □D-dimer >3 μg/mL □Elevated liver function tests

This is suggested admission criteria for pregnant women. If the patient meets any of the following criteria, admission should be considered on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the full clinical picture.

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; PUIs, patients under investigation.

Vega. Inpatient management of COVID-19 in pregnancy. AJOG MFM 2020.