SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy during the first wave of COVID-19 in the Netherlands: a prospective nationwide population-based cohort study (NethOSS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe characteristics, risk factors and maternal, obstetric and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Design

Multi-centre prospective population-based cohort study.

Setting

Nationwide study in the Netherlands.

Population

Pregnant women with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to hospital or in home-isolation: 1 March 2020 to 31 August 2020.

Methods

Pregnant women with positive polymerase chain reaction or antibody tests were registered using the Netherlands Obstetrics Surveillance System (NethOSS). (Selective) testing occurred according to national guidelines. Data from the national birth registry (pregnant pre-coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] cohort) and an

SUBMITTER: Overtoom EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652526 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature