id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-279639-9vd3ew41 Cronin, Sean RE: Universal SARS-CoV-2 testing on admission to the labor and delivery unit: Low prevalence among asymptomatic obstetric patients 2020-07-30 .txt text/plain 547 32 55 Noting that their rate was substantially lower than that reported in New York City, the authors theorized that it might be due to their patients (1) being tested >30 days after physical distancing orders were in place; (2) the population density of Boston being less than New York City; and (3) New York women underreporting symptoms due to New York hospitals banning support people from labor and delivery. 1 Studying similar universal screening in pregnant women presenting to labor and delivery at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia during the same time frame as the Boston study, we found that 9.6% of 114 consecutive asymptomatic women tested positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Universal SARS-CoV-2 testing on admission to the labor and delivery unit: low prevalence among asymptomatic obstetric patients ./cache/cord-279639-9vd3ew41.txt ./txt/cord-279639-9vd3ew41.txt