Incidence of first trimester pregnancy loss in the infertile population during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in New York City.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the incidence of first trimester clinical pregnancy loss in the infertile population during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.

Design

Web-based cross-sectional survey.

Setting

New York City-based academic reproductive medicine practice.

Patients

A total of 305 infertile patients with a confirmed intrauterine pregnancy in their first trimester between December 1, 2019, and April 1, 2020, were matched by age and treatment type to pregnant patients from the year prior.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measures

First trimester clinical pregnancy loss rate.

Results

In total, the first trimester pregnancy loss rate was lower in the COVID-19 era cohort compared with that in the pre-COVID-19 era cohort (

SUBMITTER: Bortoletto P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267398 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature