RISKS TO THE FETUS IN PREGNANT WOMEN INFECTED BY COVID-19

Abstract

: Introduction: pregnancy is the biological process resulting from fertilization between the female egg (oocyte) by sperm, such a phenomenon occurs within the maternal uterus after ejaculation. Aspregnant women are experiencing changes in their bodies, and all this ends up altering the physiological, immunological, and especially cardiopulmonary system, pregnant women end up being susceptible to respiratory and systemic complications resulting from infections by some type of virus, and this is not different for covid-19. Objective: approach through a systematic review of the literature, what are the risks that a fetus may suffer when the pregnant woman presents a picture of Covid-19 infection. Methodology: The methodology used was that described by Laurence Ganong (1987)as a study byIntegrative Literature Review(RIL), with the use of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) where the  Nursing Databases (BDENCE) are indexed; Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), Bibliographic Index Español en Ciencias de la Salude (IBECS) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), where it was possible to select the complete describing articles in full the influence of covid-19 in the fetus in gestational period. Results: it was possible to select 300 articles divided into 6 databases of this total only 16 forms selected to obtain the data. Conclusion: Covid-19 infection causes several problems in the gestational health of mothers, can lead to the increase in premature births, spontaneous abortions, respiratory problems in the newborn because they are asymptomatic, making it difficult to diagnose the virus quickly and accurately, increased hospitalization in intensive and semi-intensive care units and increased fetal deaths.