Safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19

BACKGROUND: There is limited data regarding the safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19. Our goal was to assess the safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19 and the risk of neonatal infection. METHODS: This was a single medical center cohort study. Data were coll...

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Autores principales: Lopian, Miriam, Kashani-Ligumsky, Lior, Czeiger, Shelly, Cohen, Ronnie, Schindler, Yehudit, Lubin, Daniel, Olteanu, Ioanna, Neiger, Ran, Lessing, Joseph B., Somekh, Eli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taiwan Pediatric Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33218936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.10.010
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: There is limited data regarding the safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19. Our goal was to assess the safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19 and the risk of neonatal infection. METHODS: This was a single medical center cohort study. Data were collected about the outcome of twenty-one women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection who delivered between March 23, 2020, and May 8, 2020. RESULTS: Twenty-one gravidas were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. None required admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and there were no fatalities. Seventeen delivered vaginally and four by caesareans. Apgar scores of all neonates were 9 at 1 min and 10 at 5 min. One neonate was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection 24 h after birth. CONCLUSIONS: Vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19 is not associated with a significant risk of neonatal infection.

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