AbstractBackground: Managing obstetric emergencies in COVID-19 pandemic is a real challenge as these patients need timely intervention to save the life of mother and baby.
Aim: To study postpartum outcomes and complications in pregnant women undergoing emergency LSCS with COVID-19 positive status,an observational study.
Objective: Enlisting post-partum complications in COVID-19 positive women undergoing emergency LSCS. To study therequirement of drugs in postpartum period to deal with complications.
Settings and Designs: This was a observational study carried out in a tertiary health care center.
Material and methods: This study was carried out in a tertiary care health hospital which was designated as COVID-19 facility, from a period of June 2020 to January 2021. Total of 83 patients were taken into study. Patients undergoing emergency LSCS irrespective of gestational age were taken. Post-operative complications and drugs required in postpartum period were studied.
Results: In our study, CRP median value of 41.70 among the patients having complications was statistically significantly increased compared to CRPmedian value of 13.00 in patients having no complications (p-value 0.002). There were no significant differences in all other inflammatory markers.
Conclusion: There were no significant morbidities related to COVID-19 positive status in patients undergoing emergency LSCS, in our study