Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Publications

• Research Article   
  COVID-19 Disease during Pregnancy, Gestational Duration and Fetal Weight: Two Understudied Adverse Outcomes
  Author(s): Tirso Perez-Medina*, Fátima García-Benasach, Ana Royuela, Ana Gómez Manrique, Pilar Chaves and Augusto Pereira
  
  Background: To find out how COVID-19 infection during pregnancy affects the outcome of the pregnancy. Methods: 166 SARS-CoV-2-positive pregnant women formed the study group. 128 SARS-CoV-2-negative pregnant women formed the control group. Anatomopathological study of the placenta was performed in all cases. Results: Placental insufficiency appeared in 38 patients (25%) of the study group and in 17 patients (13.2%) in the control group (p=0.016). Villitis appeared in 50 patients (30.1%) of the study group and in 16 patients (12.2%) in the control group (p=0.000). 166 COVID-19 positive patients were further subdivided, into those with anatomopatho-logical affection of the placenta, and those without. When gestational age between patients with placental insufficiency and those without it are compared, a difference.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35841/2090-7214.24.S25.001

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