Low-Income Pregnant Patients with Covid-19 in A Public Hospital in Mexico’s Metropolitan Area. Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemmas

Objective: It was to evaluate the diagnostic tools and treatments of low-income Covid19 pregnant patients managed in a general hospital of the metropolitan area of Mexico City. Methods:The study was a retrospective clinical trial performed by means of the revision of patient´s files.Diagnosis of covid-19 was made by means of different strategies.They were clinical symptomatology, rapid antigen test, RT-PCR, X ray evaluation and chest tomography.Were used statistical descriptive tests.Results: Mean age of patients was 24.9 ± 3.3 years.In 9.3% of the patients were detected comorbidities.The most common diagnostic tool was the rapid antigen test.Treatment was essentially symptomatic.The most frequent drug employed in the treatment was enoxaparin.Mortality rate 1.3%. Conclusion:In this trial, the registered common diagnostic and therapeutic strategies utilized in pregnant patients in a typical hospital of a developing country can be employed as a clinical experience for other health facilities of similar nations.