RT Journal Article
T1 A New Multiplatform Model for Outpatient Prenatal and Postpartum Care in a Cohort of COVID-19-Affected Obstetric Patients
A1 Muñoz-Chapuli Gutierrez, Mar
A1 Durán Vila, Ana
A1 Ruiz Labarta, Javier
A1 Payá Martínez, Pilar
A1 Pintado Recarte, María Del Pilar
A1 Bujan, Julia
A1 Ortega, Miguel A.
A1 De León Luis, Juan Antonio
AB Spain was one of the epicenters of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We describe in this article the design and results of a new telephone-and-telematic multiplatform model of systematic prenatal and postpartum follow-up for COVID-19-affected women implemented in a tertiary reference hospital in Madrid. We included patients with RT-PCR-confirmed COVID-19 during pregnancy or delivery from 10 March 2020 to 15 December 2020. We had a total of 211 obstetric patients: 148 (70.1%) were tested at the onset of suspicious clinical manifestations and 62 (29.4%) were tested in the context of routine screening. Of all the patients, 60 women (28.4%) were asymptomatic and 97 (46%) presented mild symptoms. Fifty-one women (24.2%) were admitted to our hospital for specific treatment because of moderate or severe symptoms. We had no missed cases and a good adherence. The mean number of calls per patient was 2.3. We performed 55 in-person visits. We analyzed the complexity of our program over time, showing a two-wave-like pattern. One patient was identified as needing hospitalization and we did not record major morbidity. Telemedicine programs are a strong and reproducible tool to reach to pregnant population affected by COVID-19, to assess its symptoms and severity, and to record for pregnancy-related symptoms both in an outpatient regime and after discharge from hospital.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2021
FD 2021-05-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7405
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7405
LA eng
NO This study (FIS-PI18/00912) was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Plan Estatal de I+D+i 2013–2016) and co-financed by the European Development Regional Fund “A way to achieve Europe” (ERDF) and B2017/BMD-3804 MITIC-CM.
NO Unión Europea
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Instituto de Salud Carlos III
DS Docta Complutense
RD 20 ene 2026