Maternal death by COVID-19 in a reference hospital in Mato Grosso: a descriptive study

• Autor(a) principal: Ferraz, Ana Ester Ibarra
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Ramos, Aline Faccio, Arantes, Rayssa Basílio dos Santos, Dalprá, Luanna de Arruda e Silva, Medeiros, Renata Marien Knupp, Corrêa , Áurea Christina de Paula, Beltrame, Renata Cristina Teixeira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/32563
• topic: Maternal death; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; COVID-19.; Muerte materna; Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave; COVID-19.; Morte materna; Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave; COVID-19.

The study aims to describe the sociodemographic, obstetric and clinical characteristics of women who died as a result of COVID-19 infection during the pregnancy-puerperal cycle, in a referral hospital in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. This is a descriptive study composed of 8 women, with a mean age of 27.5 years. There was a predominance of mixed-race women, coming from municipalities other than the one of hospitalization. Most of them had no comorbidity or complications before infection, all women had pulmonary alterations and 6 of them suffered fetal involvement. The average length of hospital stay was 12 days and the main causes mentioned in the death certificates were: respiratory failure, viral pneumonia due to COVID-19 infection, septic shock and hypovolemic shock. Women in the gestational period need expanded, rigorous and specific care, and adequate and timely prevention and treatment measures, since COVID-19 infection poses risks not only to the mother, but also to the fetus/newborn.