Author: Comas, Carmina; Carreras, Elena
Title: COVIDâ€19 and pregnancy: An opportunity to correct an historic gender bias Cord-id: a1cirnya Document date: 2020_8_2
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Snippet: Current literature and clinical guidelines do not include pregnant women as an a priori risk group for COVIDâ€19. However, a gender vision of health begs the question: Why are pregnant women not considered a risk group for COVIDâ€19? The answer is clear: historically, most community scientific studies have not considered female gender, or pregnancy as a state, to be a focus of special interest or effort. Unfortunately, this bias seems to be maintained in the COVIDâ€19 epidemic: most current g
Document: Current literature and clinical guidelines do not include pregnant women as an a priori risk group for COVIDâ€19. However, a gender vision of health begs the question: Why are pregnant women not considered a risk group for COVIDâ€19? The answer is clear: historically, most community scientific studies have not considered female gender, or pregnancy as a state, to be a focus of special interest or effort. Unfortunately, this bias seems to be maintained in the COVIDâ€19 epidemic: most current guidelines for diagnosing SARSâ€CoVâ€2 infection during pregnancy apply the same standard criteria as for the general population.
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