TY - JOUR AU - Panyapinijnugoon, Chutima AU - Wongsaree, Chutchavarn AU - Boonyakiat, Somboon AU - Sirilukananan, Kaewtawan AU - Phaksuknithiwat, Thanannipha AU - Promla, Walainaree PY - 2021/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Caring for Pregnant Women Infected with COVID19: Towards Developing Health Guidelines for Midwives In Thailand JF - Journal of health and health management JA - J Health & Health Manag VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - Academic Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/slc/article/view/252244 SP - 1-15 AB - <p>Pregnant women who are infected with COVID19 tend to manifest symptoms of hypoxia. Such symptoms are more severe compared to those of uninfected pregnant women. Due to physiological changes during pregnancy in which the enlarged uterus squeezes the lung space, the expansion and gas exchange with the body becomes inefficient. It is also observed that during COVID19 infections, changes in blood coagulation occurs. COVID19 apparently provokes blood to easily clot. This is why pregnant women and their fetuses have a higher mortality rate than normal pregnant women. Various literatures argue that caring of a pregnant woman during labor and immediately postpartum periods has certain characteristics that practitioners must take care of in accordance within health guidelines. However, such guidelines are so numerous, diverse and vague that even the role of midwives remains unclear. To address this gap, this paper therefore reviews and compiles various evidences in existing literatures in the care of pregnant women infected with COVID19 in the hope of coming up with better guidelines the practicing midwives in Thailand.</p> ER -