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Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol
. 2021 Feb 23.
doi: 10.1002/uog.23619. Online ahead of print.
Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19: co-reporting of common outcomes from PAN-COVID and AAP SONPM registries
Edward Mullins[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mark L Hudak[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jayanta Banerjee[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Trace Getzlaff[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Julia Townson[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Kim Barnette[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Rebecca Playle[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Tom Bourne[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Christoph Lees[SUP] 10 [/SUP], PAN-COVID investigators and the National Perinatal COVID-19 Registry Study Group
Collaborators, Affiliations
Abstract
Objective: Few large cohort studies have reported data on maternal, fetal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy. We report the outcome of infected pregnancies from a collaboration formed early during the pandemic between the investigators of two registries, the UK and global Pregnancy and Neonatal outcomes in COVID-19 (PAN-COVID) study and the US American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine (AAP SONPM) National Perinatal COVID-19 Registry.
Methods: This was an analysis of data from the PAN-COVID registry (January 1[SUP]st[/SUP] to July 25[SUP]th[/SUP] 2020), which includes pregnancies with suspected or confirmed maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection at any stage in pregnancy, and the AAP SONPM National Perinatal COVID-19 registry (April 4[SUP]th[/SUP] to August 8[SUP]th[/SUP] 2020), which includes pregnancies with positive maternal testing for SARS-CoV-2 from 14 days before delivery to 3 days after delivery. The registries collected data on maternal, fetal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes. The PAN-COVID results are presented both overall for pregnancies with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and separately in those with confirmed infection.
Results: We report on 4005 pregnant women with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (1606 from PAN-COVID and 2399 from AAP SONPM). For obstetric outcomes, in PAN-COVID overall, those with confirmed infection in PAN-COVID and AAP SONPM, respectively, maternal death occurred in 0.5%, 0.5% and 0.2% of cases, early neonatal death in 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.3% of cases and stillbirth in 0.5%, 0.6% and 0.4% of cases. Delivery was pre-term (<37 weeks' gestation) in 12.0% of all women in PAN-COVID, in 16.2% of those women with confirmed infection in PAN-COVID and in 15.7% of women in AAP SONPM. Extremely preterm delivery (< 27 weeks' gestation) occurred in 0.5% of cases in PAN-COVID and 0.3% in AAP SONPM. Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection was reported in 0.8% of all deliveries in PAN-COVID, in 2.0% in those with confirmed infection in PAN-COVID and in 1.8% in AAP SONPM; the proportions of neonates tested were 9.5%, 20.7% and 87.2%, respectively. The rates of a SGA neonate were 8.2% in PAN-COVID overall, 9.7% in those with confirmed infection and 9.6% in AAP SONPM. Mean gestational age adjusted birth-weight z-scores were -0.03 in PAN-COVID and -0.18 in AAP SONPM.
Conclusions: The findings from the UK and US registries of pregnancies with SARS-CoV-2 infection were remarkably concordant. Preterm delivery affected a higher proportion of women than expected based on historical and contemporaneous national data. The proportions of pregnancies affected by stillbirth, a small for gestational age infant or early neonatal death were comparable to those in historical and contemporaneous UK and US data. Although maternal death was uncommon, the rate was higher than expected based on UK and US population data, which is likely explained by under-ascertainment of women affected by milder or asymptomatic infection in pregnancy in the PAN-COVID study although not in the AAP SONPM study. The data presented support strong guidance for enhanced precautions to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, particularly in the context of increased risks of preterm delivery and maternal mortality, and for priority vaccination of women planning pregnancy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; fetal growth restriction; outcome; perinatal; preterm delivery; stillbirth.
. 2021 Feb 23.
doi: 10.1002/uog.23619. Online ahead of print.
Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19: co-reporting of common outcomes from PAN-COVID and AAP SONPM registries
Edward Mullins[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mark L Hudak[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jayanta Banerjee[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Trace Getzlaff[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Julia Townson[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Kim Barnette[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Rebecca Playle[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Tom Bourne[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Christoph Lees[SUP] 10 [/SUP], PAN-COVID investigators and the National Perinatal COVID-19 Registry Study Group
Collaborators, Affiliations
- PMID: 33620113
- DOI: 10.1002/uog.23619
Abstract
Objective: Few large cohort studies have reported data on maternal, fetal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy. We report the outcome of infected pregnancies from a collaboration formed early during the pandemic between the investigators of two registries, the UK and global Pregnancy and Neonatal outcomes in COVID-19 (PAN-COVID) study and the US American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine (AAP SONPM) National Perinatal COVID-19 Registry.
Methods: This was an analysis of data from the PAN-COVID registry (January 1[SUP]st[/SUP] to July 25[SUP]th[/SUP] 2020), which includes pregnancies with suspected or confirmed maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection at any stage in pregnancy, and the AAP SONPM National Perinatal COVID-19 registry (April 4[SUP]th[/SUP] to August 8[SUP]th[/SUP] 2020), which includes pregnancies with positive maternal testing for SARS-CoV-2 from 14 days before delivery to 3 days after delivery. The registries collected data on maternal, fetal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes. The PAN-COVID results are presented both overall for pregnancies with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and separately in those with confirmed infection.
Results: We report on 4005 pregnant women with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (1606 from PAN-COVID and 2399 from AAP SONPM). For obstetric outcomes, in PAN-COVID overall, those with confirmed infection in PAN-COVID and AAP SONPM, respectively, maternal death occurred in 0.5%, 0.5% and 0.2% of cases, early neonatal death in 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.3% of cases and stillbirth in 0.5%, 0.6% and 0.4% of cases. Delivery was pre-term (<37 weeks' gestation) in 12.0% of all women in PAN-COVID, in 16.2% of those women with confirmed infection in PAN-COVID and in 15.7% of women in AAP SONPM. Extremely preterm delivery (< 27 weeks' gestation) occurred in 0.5% of cases in PAN-COVID and 0.3% in AAP SONPM. Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection was reported in 0.8% of all deliveries in PAN-COVID, in 2.0% in those with confirmed infection in PAN-COVID and in 1.8% in AAP SONPM; the proportions of neonates tested were 9.5%, 20.7% and 87.2%, respectively. The rates of a SGA neonate were 8.2% in PAN-COVID overall, 9.7% in those with confirmed infection and 9.6% in AAP SONPM. Mean gestational age adjusted birth-weight z-scores were -0.03 in PAN-COVID and -0.18 in AAP SONPM.
Conclusions: The findings from the UK and US registries of pregnancies with SARS-CoV-2 infection were remarkably concordant. Preterm delivery affected a higher proportion of women than expected based on historical and contemporaneous national data. The proportions of pregnancies affected by stillbirth, a small for gestational age infant or early neonatal death were comparable to those in historical and contemporaneous UK and US data. Although maternal death was uncommon, the rate was higher than expected based on UK and US population data, which is likely explained by under-ascertainment of women affected by milder or asymptomatic infection in pregnancy in the PAN-COVID study although not in the AAP SONPM study. The data presented support strong guidance for enhanced precautions to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, particularly in the context of increased risks of preterm delivery and maternal mortality, and for priority vaccination of women planning pregnancy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; fetal growth restriction; outcome; perinatal; preterm delivery; stillbirth.