Characteristics and treatment of hospitalized pregnant women with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnant women less frequently receive COVID-19 vaccination and are at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes from COVID-19.

Objective

This study aimed to first, describe the vaccination status, treatment, and outcomes of hospitalized, symptomatic pregnant women with COVID-19, and second, estimate whether treatment differs by pregnancy status among treatment-eligible (ie, requiring supplemental oxygen per National Institutes of Health guidelines at the time of the study) women.

Study design

From January to November 2021, the COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network completed medical chart abstraction for a probability sample of 2715 hospitalized women aged 15 to 49 years with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. Of these, 1950 w

SUBMITTER: Sekkarie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9371979 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature