Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-4-2024
Abstract
Objective: The study was aimed at comparing intrapartum and postpartum outcomes between pregnant patients with and without antenatal COVID-19 infection using aggregated, deidentified electronic health record (EHR) data. Design and Setting: This retrospective cohort study included data from over 80 health care organizations within the TriNetX Analytics Research Network. Population: Individuals admitted for delivery from Jan 2020 to May 2023 were studied. Methods: We studied individuals with ICD-10 codes for delivery, COVID-19 diagnosis, and primary outcomes. We compared the incidence of adverse intrapartum and 30-day postpartum outcomes in those with and without antenatal COVID-19. Main Outcome Measures: The main outcomes compared were obstetric, cardiovascular, neurovascular, and respiratory outcomes within 30 days postpartum. Results: Twenty-six thousand nine hundred seventy-four of 369,923 (7%) birthing parents with a delivery encounter had an antenatal COVID-19 diagnosis. Compared to matched controls, having COVID-19 was associated with an increased risk of postpartum hemorrhage (RR-1.24 (CI-1.16-1.33)), gestational hypertension (RR-1.27 (CI-1.27-1.34)), preeclampsia (RR-1.25 (CI-1.18-1.32)), eclampsia (RR-1.66 (CI-1.29-2.32)), preterm labor (RR-1.21 (CI-1.21-1.34)), cerebral infarction (RR-1.74 (CI-1.04-2.90)), cardiomyopathy (RR-2.08 (CI-1.30-3.32)), heart failure (RR-1.55 (CI-1.04-2.31)), sepsis (RR-2.21 (CI-1.54-3.19)), DVT (RR-2.32 (CI-1.45-3.71)), and pulmonary embolism (RR-2.68 (CI-1.74-2.90)). Conclusion: Individuals with antenatal COVID-19 were more likely to have intrapartum and postpartum obstetric, cardiovascular, neurovascular, and respiratory complications. This data will inform risk stratification and screening for prenatal care providers.
Keywords
COVID-19, pregnancy, SARS-CoV-2
Language
English
Publication Title
Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Grant
Clinical and Translational Science Award grant, UM1TR004528
Funder
Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio which is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Rights
© 2024 Sriya Donthi et al. This is an Open Access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Recommended Citation
Donthi, Sriya, Kloos, Jacqueline, Gibson, Kelly S., Olson, Danielle, Kaelber, David C., Intrapartum and 30-Day Postpartum Complications in Patients With Antenatal COVID-19 Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2024, 5421129, 8 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/5421129
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