COVID-19 infected pregnant women is thought to have variable degrees of inflammatory response against the disease. Investigators of present study, suggested that fetuses are affected from the possible fetal inflammatory syndrome in case of maternal COVID-19. Therefore the aim of his study is to evaluate that if the cardiothymic index is affected by the maternal COVID-19 and to demonstrate any possible association of this measurement with neonatal morbidities.
COVID-19 infected pregnant women is thought to have variable degrees of inflammatory response against the disease. Fetus is known to be influenced by maternal systemic infections. Thymus size of fetus and the neonate, is proven to be changed by primarily inflammatory/infectious diseases. Investigators of present study, suggested that fetuses are affected from the possible fetal inflammatory syndrome in case of maternal COVID-19. Therefore the aim of his study is to evaluate that if the cardiothymic index is affected by the maternal COVID-19 and to demonstrate any possible association of this measurement with neonatal morbidities.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
First Chest X-ray in the first 6 hours of infants
Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGCardiothymic index
Cardiothymic index will be measured by using the thymic shadow divided by largest diameter of mediastinum in the chest X-ray of those infants.
Time frame: 4 months
Immune profile
In long term follow up of those patients, infants will be evaluated for any kind of immune deficiency or quantitative or qualitative abnormalities of leukocytes
Time frame: 6 months
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