Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery

Desmond Sutton; Karin Fuchs; Mary E. D’Alton; Dena Goffman

doi:10.1056/nejmc2009316

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Obstetrical Patients Among 215 pregnant women who were admitted to a New York hospital for delivery and who underwent universal testing for SARS-CoV-2, more than one in eight ...

Keywords

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakEmergency medicineObstetricsPediatricsVirologyInternal medicine

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center US

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Year: 2020
Type: letter
Volume: 382
Issue: 22
Pages: 2163-2164
Citations: 1087
Access: Closed

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                                    Desmond Sutton, 
                                
                                    Karin Fuchs, 
                                
                                    Mary E. D’Alton
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 382
                            (22)
                            , 2163-2164.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc2009316
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2009316