Are in-hospital COVID-19-related mortality and morbidity in pregnancy associated with gestational age?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Pregnancy involves dynamic changes in the maternal immune system, thus potentially affecting women's response to infection. The aim of this study was to investigate whether gestational age at the time of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with mortality and morbidity related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitalized pregnant women.

Methods

This was a cohort study of pregnant women with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection at any gestational age (categorized into trimesters) who were hospitalized in Brazil from February 2020 to November 2021. Sociodemographic and epidemiological characteristics, signs and symptoms, comorbidities, interventions, vaccination status and type of healthcare establishment were obtai

SUBMITTER: Leung C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9347440 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature