Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection With Serious Maternal Morbidity and Mortality From Obstetric Complications.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It remains unknown whether SARS-CoV-2 infection specifically increases the risk of serious obstetric morbidity.

Objective

To evaluate the association of SARS-CoV-2 infection with serious maternal morbidity or mortality from common obstetric complications.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study of 14 104 pregnant and postpartum patients delivered between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020 (with final follow-up to February 11, 2021), at 17 US hospitals participating in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Gestational Research Assessments of COVID-19 (GRAVID) Study. All patients with SARS-CoV-2 were included and compared with those without a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result who delivered o

SUBMITTER: Metz TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822445 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature