Pregnancy and perinatal outcomes in women with Covid-19 infection. The experience of the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Maternity Hospital

Abstract

Currently there are few conflicting data on the impact of coronavirus infection COVID-19 on the course of pregnancy, childbirth, fetus status and postpartum period. We have analyzed the course of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period in 973 women with various severity degrees of COVID-19 infection during pregnancy, in labor and postpartum period according to the data of the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Maternity Hospital. We have studied labor and delivery medical records of women with COVID-19: out of them 393 were asymptomatic women, 464 – mild cases, 100 – with moderate and 16 with severe infection. The health status of 365 newborns from COVID-19-infected mothers was analyzed. A throat/oropharyngeal swab was taken to determine SARS-CoV-2 by PCR on the 3rd day after childbirth in all newborns (100%) with the mother’s consent. Negative results were obtained in 100% of newborns from mothers with COVID-19.

Keywords

• covid-19
• coronavirus infection and pregnancy
• childbirth
• perinatal outcomes