Official Title
Is Thymus Size of Infants Who Born to COVID-19 Positive Mothers Associated With Neonatal Morbidities?
Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Unknown status
COVID19
Thymic Hypoplasia

Diagnostic Test: chest x-ray

First Chest X-ray in the first 6 hours of infants

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Infants born to COVID-19 positive or negative mothers

- Accepted to participate with an informed consent

- Infants who required to get chest X-ray within the first 6 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

- Infants whose mothers' have any kind of acute or chronic systemic disease or
inflammation/infection

- Lack of an informed consent

- Infants who did not require to get chest X-ray within the first 6 hours

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: N/A ~ Maximum: 7 Hours
Countries
Turkey
Locations

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey

Investigator: Seda Yilmaz Semerci
Contact: +905337180683
sedayilmazsemerci@gmail.com

Contacts

Seda Yilmaz Semerci
+905337180683
sedayilmazsemerci@gmail.com

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
NCT Number
MeSH Terms
COVID-19