Recommendations for the prevention and management of the newborn. COVID-19 pandemic
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Keywords

Covid 19
SARS-Cov-2
Newborn
Breastfeeding
Epidemiology and Public Health
Neonatology
Disease Outbreaks
Pandemics
Covid-19 Pandemics

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Neonatologia R de, Infectología R de, de Nutrición R, de Lactancia C, de Infecciones Neonatales CC, de Neonatología G de TA. Recommendations for the prevention and management of the newborn. COVID-19 pandemic. Andes pediatr [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 20 [cited 2025 Oct. 22];91(7):51-9. Available from: https://andespediatrica.cl/index.php/rchped/article/view/2497

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Abstract

The emergence of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus has affected all age groups forcing health teams to adopt new models of care based on the limited evidence available and adjusting them as new evidence is available. The neonatal effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, transmission routes, transmission prevention measures, and treatment are all areas currently under study. In these recommendations, the authors synthesize the information available in the primary literature and in the recommendations of international entities adjusting them to local particularities. The recommendations emphasize measures to prevent transmission of the disease to the newborn, the health team, and other users of the health system in a context of facilitating informed parental participation in decision-making. The article contains recommendations for the correct use of personal protection equipment; for delivery care including special resuscitation measures; to allow safe contact between mother and newborn; to promote breastfeeding as a preferred way to feed the newborn and provide recommendations for its safe implementation in mothers carrying the virus. Recommendations are also given for the management of the newborn in the different clinical circumstances that it may face, both for its management in maternity and in the neonatology unit, and recommendations for management and post-discharge follow-up. The authors emphasize the importance of the periodic updating of these recommendations according to the availability of new evidence and according to national experience.
https://doi.org/10.32641/andespediatr.v91i7.2497
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