Introduction
Pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a
highly infectious disease, which has aroused widespread concern all over
the world. COVID-19 pneumonia was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei
province, China, in December 2019, followed by an outbreak outside of
Hubei province and even the whole country. Because of the great efforts
of Chinese government and medical staff, the epidemics of coronavirus
has been effectively controlled in China now. As a newly emerged virus,
there was a lack of awareness among medical staff in the early stage of
the epidemics, so that the initial outbreak in Wuhan has not been well
recognized. Pregnant women and newborns are susceptible people, so it is
very important to ensure the safety of mothers and infants. In order to
prevent the second Wuhan from appearing again in another country, this
paper refers to the current guidelines for the management of pregnant
women during the epidemic period of COVID-19 in China, and summarizes
the clinical experience in the actual diagnosis and treatment of our
hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemics.
Because the new coronavirus is particularly infectious, outpatient
service is the first window to contact patients with potential virus
infection, it is very important to manage the medical staff, pregnant
women and their accompanying family members in the outpatient
obstetrical department, which is helpful for early detection, early
diagnosis, early isolation and early treatment of coronavirus. The
effective management of outpatient obstetrical department is one of the
key factors to avoid the expansion of the coronavirus epidemics (See
figure1).