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Editor, Senior Moderator
Medwave
. 2021 Dec 15;21(11):e8500.
doi: 10.5867/medwave.2021.11.002141.
Clinical and epidemiological characterization in the follow-up of newborns with COVID-19: a descriptive study
[Article in Spanish, English]
Carmen Dávila-Aliaga[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elsa Torres-Marcos[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rafael Paucar-Zegarra[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Rosmary Hinojosa-Pérez[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ylia Espinoza-Vivas[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Elina Mendoza-Ibáñez[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Diego Marín[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Marcos Espínola-Sánchez[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Jonathan De la Cruz-Dávila[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Pedro Arango-Ochante[SUP] 10 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
in English, Spanish
Introduction: COVID-19 disease affects newborns, but its middle and long-term effects are still unclear.
Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and follow-up of newborns infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Methods: An observational and descriptive study. We included newborns with SARS-CoV-2 positive RT-PCR born from SARS-CoV-2 seropositive mothers. Delivery and newborn care were provided at the 'Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal' from Peru between June 1 and September 30, 2020. Perinatal information was collected from medical records. Remote follow-up and face-to-face evaluations gathered epidemiological and clinical information, in addition to serological and RT-PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis.
Results: During the study period, 4733 neonates were born at the institution. We found that 1488 (31.4%) were born from seropositive for SARS-CoV-2 mothers. Finally, we included the 34 (2.3%) newborns with positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2. Regarding the included newborns, 29.4% were delivered by cesarean section, 26.5% had low birth weight, 11.8% were preterm, 26.5% were hospitalized, and one died. Twenty-eight had a remote follow-up, and 18 also had a face-to-face follow-up. A total of 64.3% were exclusively breastfed, 28.6% were mixed breastfed, and 7.1% used a substitute formula. The face-to-face evaluation was performed between one and four months of chronological age. We found that 100% had negative control RT-PCR test for COVID-19, 38.9% had a negative serological test (IgM, IgG), and 61.1% positive IgG.
Conclusions: Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection is rare, and most infected infants are asymptomatic. Vaginal delivery, breastfeeding, and joint isolation did not related with complications during hospital care. Infants under remote and in-person follow-up showed favorable clinical evolution during the study period.
Keywords: Coronavirus infection; Coronavirus-2019-nCoV; Infants; Newborn; Pandemics; Covid-19.
. 2021 Dec 15;21(11):e8500.
doi: 10.5867/medwave.2021.11.002141.
Clinical and epidemiological characterization in the follow-up of newborns with COVID-19: a descriptive study
[Article in Spanish, English]
Carmen Dávila-Aliaga[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elsa Torres-Marcos[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rafael Paucar-Zegarra[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Rosmary Hinojosa-Pérez[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ylia Espinoza-Vivas[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Elina Mendoza-Ibáñez[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Diego Marín[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Marcos Espínola-Sánchez[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Jonathan De la Cruz-Dávila[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Pedro Arango-Ochante[SUP] 10 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34910718
- DOI: 10.5867/medwave.2021.11.002141
Abstract
in English, Spanish
Introduction: COVID-19 disease affects newborns, but its middle and long-term effects are still unclear.
Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and follow-up of newborns infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Methods: An observational and descriptive study. We included newborns with SARS-CoV-2 positive RT-PCR born from SARS-CoV-2 seropositive mothers. Delivery and newborn care were provided at the 'Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal' from Peru between June 1 and September 30, 2020. Perinatal information was collected from medical records. Remote follow-up and face-to-face evaluations gathered epidemiological and clinical information, in addition to serological and RT-PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis.
Results: During the study period, 4733 neonates were born at the institution. We found that 1488 (31.4%) were born from seropositive for SARS-CoV-2 mothers. Finally, we included the 34 (2.3%) newborns with positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2. Regarding the included newborns, 29.4% were delivered by cesarean section, 26.5% had low birth weight, 11.8% were preterm, 26.5% were hospitalized, and one died. Twenty-eight had a remote follow-up, and 18 also had a face-to-face follow-up. A total of 64.3% were exclusively breastfed, 28.6% were mixed breastfed, and 7.1% used a substitute formula. The face-to-face evaluation was performed between one and four months of chronological age. We found that 100% had negative control RT-PCR test for COVID-19, 38.9% had a negative serological test (IgM, IgG), and 61.1% positive IgG.
Conclusions: Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection is rare, and most infected infants are asymptomatic. Vaginal delivery, breastfeeding, and joint isolation did not related with complications during hospital care. Infants under remote and in-person follow-up showed favorable clinical evolution during the study period.
Keywords: Coronavirus infection; Coronavirus-2019-nCoV; Infants; Newborn; Pandemics; Covid-19.