COVID-19 PCR (+) Neonatal Mortality: Case Series

We present here the clinical features of five infants who died in the neonatal period due to COVID-19, for which the medical records of COVID-positive pregnant women isolated in a third-level neonatal intensive care unit between December 2019 and October 2021 were evaluated retrospectively. Of the five cases, three were preterm, one had a great artery transposition and another underwent surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis. All of the cases experienced a gradual increase in respiratory distress, and none responded to remdesivir, intravenous immunoglobulin or steroid treatments. COVID-19 infection can be fatal in the neonatal period, especially in the presence of an underlying disease or comorbidities such as prematurity and congenital heart disease.

COVID-19 PCR (+) Yenidoðan Mortalitesi: Olgu Serisi

Bu çalýþmanýn amacý yenidoðan döneminde Covid-19 nedeniyle ölen beþ bebeðin klinik özelliklerini paylaþmaktýr. Aralýk 2019 ve Ekim 2021 tarihleri arasýnda Covid-pozitif annenin bebeði olmasý nedeniyle üçüncü seviye yenidoðan yoðun bakým ünitesine izolasyon için kabul edilen hastalarýn týbbi kayýtlarý retrospektif olarak incelendi. Beþ olgunun üçü preterm, biri büyük arter transpozisyonu ve biri nekrotizan enterokolit nedeniyle ameliyat edilmiþti. Tüm vakalarda solunum sýkýntýsý giderek arttý. Hastalarýn hiçbiri remdesivir, intravenöz immünoglobulin ve steroidlere yanýt vermedi. Yenidoðan döneminde Covid-19 enfeksiyonu, özellikle altta yatan hastalýk varlýðýnda, prematürite ve konjenital kalp hastalýðý gibi komorbiditelerde ölümcül olabilmektedir.