Italian neonatologists and SARS-CoV-2: lessons learned to face coming new waves
- 7 April 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Pediatric Research
- Vol. 91 (3), 513-521
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-021-01477-8
Abstract
The aim of this review was threefold: (a) to retrieve all SARS-CoV-2 evidences published by Italian neonatologists working in maternity centers and NICUs during the pandemic; (b) to summarize current evidence for the management of term and preterm infants with a SARS-CoV-2-related illness; and (c) to provide an update for dealing with the second wave of COVID-19 and discuss open questions. A review was conducted using MEDLINE/PubMed and the national COVID-19 registry of the Italian Society of Neonatology including citations from December 1, 2019 to October 28, 2020. Sixty-three articles were included. Collected data were divided into the following topics: (a) antenatal management, (b) management in delivery room, (c) postnatal management, (d) mother–baby dyad and breastfeeding management, (e) neonatal emergency transport system reorganization, (f) parents’ management and perspective during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and (g) future perspective. Evidences have evolved over the pandemic period and the current review can be useful in the management of the mother–neonate dyad during SARS-CoV-2 future waves. Italian neonatologists have played an active role in producing official guidelines and reporting data that have contributed to improve the care of neonates. A joint European action plan is mandatory to face COVID-19 in neonates with more awareness. Impact A joint European action plan is mandatory to face COVID-19 in neonates with more awareness. This review summarizes the available evidences from neonatal COVID-19 management in Italy analyzing all the published paper in this specific field of interest. The current review can be useful in the management of the mother–neonate dyad during the SARS-CoV-2 future waves.Keywords
This publication has 75 references indexed in Scilit:
- Epidemiology of COVID-19 Among Children in ChinaPEDIATRICS, 2020
- Neonatal Transport and COVID-19 outbreakAir Medical Journal, 2020
- Outcome of coronavirus spectrum infections (SARS, MERS, COVID-19) during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysisAmerican Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM, 2020
- Breast feeding at the time of COVID-19: do not forget expressed mother’s milk, pleaseArchives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal, 2020
- COVID‐19 infection in a paucisymptomatic infant: Raising the index of suspicion in epidemic settingsPediatric Pulmonology, 2020
- Breastfeeding and coronavirus disease‐2019: Ad interim indications of the Italian Society of Neonatology endorsed by the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal SocietiesMaternal & Child Nutrition, 2020
- The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in pregnancy: What we need to knowEuropean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 2020
- Chinese expert consensus on the perinatal and neonatal management for the prevention and control of the 2019 novel coronavirus infection (First edition)Annals of Translational Medicine, 2020
- Placebo therapy.1980