Pregnant women, especially in their last trimester, need to be very guarded about contracting COVID-19, according to new statewide data collected by a group of obstetricians across hospital systems.
Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf, an obstetrician-gynecologist with the University of Washington School of Medicine, said obstetricians should be telling their patients to be particularly careful seventh month of pregnancy on since it appears they are more susceptible to severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
“In Washington state, we have seen one in seven pregnant women hospitalized with COVID-19 and one in eight might have severe COVID-related pneumonia,” she said.
The finding comes from the Washington state COVID-19 in Pregnancy Collaborative. No report has been issued but Adams-Waldorf said the risk of pneumonia was one of the findings.
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