Pregnant Patients with COVID-19 Admitted to an ICU: A Comparison with a Historical Cohort of Critical Pregnant Patients without COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Aim of the study

Maternal mortality and ICU admissions have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We reported a case-series of pregnant patients with COVID-19 admitted to an ICU and we compared them with a historical cohort of pregnant patients admitted to an ICU without COVID-19.

Methods

We included all pregnant patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection admitted to our ICU in 2021. As a historical control group, we included all pregnant women who were admitted to our ICU between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2013.

Results

In 2021, 11 pregnant patients (pts) with COVID-19 were admitted to an ICU, representing 2.87% of ICU admissions. We found that pregnant patients with COVID-19 (1) had a higher BMI (34.6 vs. 28.8, p = 0.04) and a lower gestation

SUBMITTER: Iacovazzo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10890200 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature