From February 24, 2020, a COVID-19 obstetric task force was structured to deliver management recommendations for obstetric care. From March 1, 2020, six COVID-19 hubs and their spokes were designated. An interim analysis of cases occurring in or transferred to these hubs was performed on March 20, 2020 and recommendations were released on March 24, 2020. The vision of this strict organization was to centralize patients in high-risk maternity centers in order to concentrate human resources and personal protective equipment (PPE), dedicate protected areas of these major hospitals, and centralize clinical multidisciplinary experience with this disease. All maternity hospitals were informed to provide a protected labor and delivery room for nontransferable patients in advanced labor. A pre-triage based on temperature and 14 other items was developed in order to screen suspected patients in all hospitals to be tested with nasopharyngeal swabs. Obstetric outpatient facilities were instructed to maintain scheduled pregnancy screening as per Italian guidelines, and to provide pre-triage screening and surgical masks for personnel and patients for pre-triage-negative patients. Forty-two cases were recorded in the first 20 days of hub and spoke organization. The clinical presentation was interstitial pneumonia in 20 women. Of these, seven required respiratory support and eventually recovered. Two premature labors occurred.

Ferrazzi, E., Frigerio, L., Cetin, I., Vergani, P., Spinillo, A., Prefumo, F., et al. (2020). COVID-19 Obstetrics Task Force, Lombardy, Italy: Executive management summary and short report of outcome. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS, 149(3), 377-378 [10.1002/ijgo.13162].

COVID-19 Obstetrics Task Force, Lombardy, Italy: Executive management summary and short report of outcome

Frigerio, Luigi;Vergani, Patrizia;Pellegrini, Edda;
2020

Abstract

From February 24, 2020, a COVID-19 obstetric task force was structured to deliver management recommendations for obstetric care. From March 1, 2020, six COVID-19 hubs and their spokes were designated. An interim analysis of cases occurring in or transferred to these hubs was performed on March 20, 2020 and recommendations were released on March 24, 2020. The vision of this strict organization was to centralize patients in high-risk maternity centers in order to concentrate human resources and personal protective equipment (PPE), dedicate protected areas of these major hospitals, and centralize clinical multidisciplinary experience with this disease. All maternity hospitals were informed to provide a protected labor and delivery room for nontransferable patients in advanced labor. A pre-triage based on temperature and 14 other items was developed in order to screen suspected patients in all hospitals to be tested with nasopharyngeal swabs. Obstetric outpatient facilities were instructed to maintain scheduled pregnancy screening as per Italian guidelines, and to provide pre-triage screening and surgical masks for personnel and patients for pre-triage-negative patients. Forty-two cases were recorded in the first 20 days of hub and spoke organization. The clinical presentation was interstitial pneumonia in 20 women. Of these, seven required respiratory support and eventually recovered. Two premature labors occurred.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
COVID-19; pregnancy; SARS-CoV-2;
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; pregnancy
English
8-apr-2020
2020
149
3
377
378
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Ferrazzi, E., Frigerio, L., Cetin, I., Vergani, P., Spinillo, A., Prefumo, F., et al. (2020). COVID-19 Obstetrics Task Force, Lombardy, Italy: Executive management summary and short report of outcome. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS, 149(3), 377-378 [10.1002/ijgo.13162].
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