Better healthcare can reduce the risk of COVID-19 in-hospital post-partum maternal death: evidence from Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

COVID-19 in post-partum women is commonly overlooked. The present study assessed whether puerperium is an independent risk factor of COVID-19 related in-hospital maternal death and whether fatality is preventable in the Brazilian context.

Methods

We retrospectively studied the clinical data of post-partum/pregnant patients hospitalized with COVID-19 gathered from a national database that registered severe acute respiratory syndromes (SIVEP-Gripe) in Brazil. Logistic regressions were used to examine the associations of in-hospital mortality with obstetric status and with the type of public healthcare provider, adjusting for socio-demographic, epidemiologic, clinical and healthcare-related measures.

Results

As of 30 November 2021, 1943 (21%) post-partum and 74

SUBMITTER: Leung C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9384644 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature