Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Open Access
ISSN: 2736-6588
ISSN: 2736-6588
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Sağlık Bilimleri University, Bursa 16310, Turkey
Review Article
Hematological Parameters in Pregnant Women with COVID-19: A Systematic Review
Author(s): Yasemin Üstündağ*, Elif Güler Kazancı, Emine Sevgican, Canan Erdem and Kagan Huysal
Background: In the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevention and control of COVID-19 infection are extremely important. Therefore, laboratory indicators are needed that can detect pregnant patients with mild symptoms or no symptoms at the time of admission to the hospital and ensure that these patients are separated from the healthy population. This study aimed to review hematologic parameters in pregnant women with COVID-19 and evidence for their prognostic and diagnostic value. Methods: We searched PubMed/Medline, Scopus, and Google Scholar for the term “pregnancy” in combination with “COVID-19,” “coronavirus 2019” and “SARS-CoV-2” in studies published in the English literature between March 2020 and January 2021 and identified a number of studies. Studies that reported complete blood cell counts in pregnant patients with COVID-19 infection we.. View More»