COVID-19 and Perinatology

Daniele De Luca is Professor of Neonatology at Paris Saclay University and Chief of the Division of Pediatrics at the "A.Beclere" Hospital. He is the President of the European Society for Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC)  and Editor of the European Journal of Pediatrics. He served as WHO Advisor for the perinatal trabsmission of SARS-CoV-2

Alexandra Benachi is Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Paris Saclay University and Chief of the Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the "A.Beclere" Hospital. She is a member of the French National Committee for Bioethics and Vicepresident of the "1000 days Commission" issued by French government for the protection of early childhood.

Part I Obstetrics: Clinical management of COVID19 during pregnancy.- Complications of COVID19 in pregnant women.- Peculiarities of ARDS induced by COVID19 in pregnant patients.-  COVID19 and miscarriage or fetal loss.-  Obstetrical counselling to pregnant women during pandemics.- Part II Perinatal Medicine: Biological mechanisms of transplacental SARS-CoV-2 transmission.- Placental pathology during COVID19.-  Perinatal diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2 infection.- Vertical SARS-CoV-2 transmission.- Transplacental antibody transfer.- Part III Neonatology: Epidemiology of COVID19 in neonates and children.-  Clinical features of neonatal COVID19.-  Impact of COVID on the incidence of prematurity.-  Management of neonatal care during COVID19 pandemics.- Effect of vaccination during pregnancy and lactation.- Part IV Public Health: The importance of research network for women and children health.- Recovery from pandemics through improvement in maternal-neonatal.- Impactof public health measures on pregnancy outcomes.- Lessons learned from COVID19 pandemics.- Part V Psychology: COVID19 and general psychological well-being.- COVID19-related stress in mothers and in the family.- Management of mental health in pregnant women during COVID19.- Ethical issues related to COVID19 in mothers and neonates.