Early clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of patients with influenza A (H1N1) infection requiring mechanical ventilation during pregnancy

The early clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of H1N1-infected pregnant women with or without mechanical ventilation were compared. In H1N1-infected pregnant women with mechanical ventilation, the gestational age was greater, the early oxygenation index was lower and early-stage pneumonic lesions were wider than patients without mechanical ventilation. Moreover, compared with the non-mechanical ventilation group, the incidence of the adverse pregnancy outcomes was higher in the mechanical ventilation group.Obstetrics & GynecologySCI(E)PubMed1ARTICLE6561-5653