Question 16: How are the medication and treatment of pregnant women with confirmed COVID-19 different from other patients?
The treatment of pregnant women with COVlD-19 must also consider the impact of drugs on the fetus.Therefore, the treatment of pregnant women with COVlD-19 is slightly different from that of the general population.ln the National Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for COVID- 19 ( Tentative Edition 7) , the symptoms and treatment principles of COVlD-19 in pregnant women are as follows:
(1) The clinical course of pregnant women with COVlD-19 is similar to that of patients of the same age.
(2) With regard to the drug treatment, the number of weeks of pregnancy should be considered, and as much as possible drugs with a small impact on the fetus should be chosen. lf the pregnant woman is in the third trimester of pregnancy when confirmed with the infection,terminating the pregnancy may be considered based on the severity of the infection, before the drug treatment.
(3) For pregnant women with severe or critical infection, doctors should first consider terminating pregnancy based on the severity of the infection. C-section should be selected as an appropriate method of delivery.