COMPARISON IN MORTALITY AMONG COVID – 19 POSITIVE IPD PREGNANT WOMEN AND NON PREGNANT WOMEN (SAME AGE GROUPS) IN NORTHWEST ZONE OF RAJASTHAN IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC 2021
Dr. Surendra Kumar*, Dr. Surender Kumar, Dr. Manoj Mali, Dr. Harish Arya, Dr. Sandeep Dangi,
Dr. Kokila R, Dr. Wasim Sayed
ABSTRACT
The new corona virus covid-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO on march 2020. The resources of some of the largest economies are stressed out due to large infectively and transmissibility of this disease. Risk factors associated with this diseases are age, sex, presence of comorbidities most common being diabetes hypertension, heart diseases. This study was undertaken to do comparison in between mortality among IPD pregnant women and non pregnant women (Same as group).[1] Here unlike other studies cases and controls are chosen without of any previous comorbidities and only effect of pregnancy as a risk factor is expressed. It is a case control study done a department of medicine S.P. Medical College, Bikaner (Rajasthan). 106 covid positive patients were part of study out of which 56 are pregnant (cases 52%) and 50 are non pregnant (control 48% women) average age was only 22 years. Mortality and mean duration of hospital stay among pregnant women were (32%), 22 days respectively is higher than non pregnant women. 16%, 14 days. Early diagnosis of covid 19 infection in pregnancy will help physician to treat them optimally.
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