SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among hospitalised pregnant women and impact of different viral strains on COVID‐19 severity in Italy: a national prospective population‐based cohort study

Autor: Donati, S, Corsi, E, Maraschini, A, Salvatore, M A, Maria Grazia Arena, Rosaria, Boldrini, Roberto, Brunelli, Angelo, Cagnacci, Paola, Casucci, Irene, Cetin, Luigi, Cobellis, Gabriella, Dardanoni, Elena De Ambrosi, Martina Del Manso, Sara, D'Eusanio, Lorenza, Driul, Giorgio, Epicoco, Massimo, Fabiani, Franchi, Massimo Piergiuseppe, Livio, Leo, Marco, Liberati, Mariavittoria, Locci, Antonino Lo Re, Claudio, Martini, Gianpaolo, Maso, Federico, Mecacci, Alessandra, Meloni, Anna Domenica Mignuoli, Luisa, Mondo, Enrica, Perrone, Lucia, Porcino, Luca, Ramenghi, Valeria, Savasi, Sergio Crescenzo Antonio Schettini, Gabriella, Scorpio, Daniela, Simeone, Serena, Simeone, Martin, Steinkasserer, Fabrizio, Taddei, Saverio, Tateo, Vito, Trojano, Caterina, Tronci, Antonella, Vimercati
Přispěvatelé: Donati, S., Corsi, E., Maraschini, A., Salvatore, M. A., Arena, M. G., Boldrini, R., Brunelli, R., Cagnacci, A., Casucci, P., Cetin, I., Cobellis, L., Dardanoni, G., De Ambrosi, E., Del Manso, M., D'Eusanio, S., Driul, L., Epicoco, G., Fabiani, M., Franchi, M. P., Leo, L., Liberati, M., Locci, M., Lo Re, A., Martini, C., Maso, G., Mecacci, F., Meloni, A., Mignuoli, A. D., Mondo, L., Perrone, E., Porcino, L., Ramenghi, L., Savasi, V., Schettini, S. C. A., Scorpio, G., Simeone, D., Simeone, S., Steinkasserer, M., Taddei, F., Tateo, S., Trojano, V., Tronci, C., Vimercati, A., S., Donati, E., Corsi, A., Maraschini, M. A., Salvatore, Cobellis, Luigi
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Pediatrics
Comorbidity
Severity of Illness Index
SARS‐CoV‐2
law.invention
COVID-19 Testing
Risk Factors
Pregnancy
law
Pregnancy Complications
Infectious

Prospective cohort study
Research Articles
education.field_of_study
Infectious
Pregnancy Outcome
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Intensive care unit
Hospitals
Hospitalization
Intensive Care Units
Italy
Cohort
Premature Birth
Cohort studies
Female
medicine.symptom
Human
Research Article
Cohort study
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Maternity
Intensive Care Unit
Population
Hospitals
Maternity

Risk Assessment
Asymptomatic
medicine
Humans
COVID-19 pneumonia
education
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Risk Factor
COVID-19
medicine.disease
Pregnancy Complications
pregnancy
Cohort Studies
Pneumonia
Pregnancy Complications
Infectiou

Mini Commentary
Pregnant Women
Cohort Studie
business
COVID‐19 pneumonia
Zdroj: Bjog
ISSN: 1471-0528
1470-0328
Popis: Objective The primary aim of this article was to describe SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among pregnant women during the wild‐type and Alpha‐variant periods in Italy. The secondary aim was to compare the impact of the virus variants on the severity of maternal and perinatal outcomes. Design National population‐based prospective cohort study. Setting A total of 315 Italian maternity hospitals. Sample A cohort of 3306 women with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection confirmed within 7 days of hospital admission. Methods Cases were prospectively reported by trained clinicians for each participating maternity unit. Data were described by univariate and multivariate analyses. Main outcome measures COVID‐19 pneumonia, ventilatory support, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, mode of delivery, preterm birth, stillbirth, and maternal and neonatal mortality. Results We found that 64.3% of the cohort was asymptomatic, 12.8% developed COVID‐19 pneumonia and 3.3% required ventilatory support and/or ICU admission. Maternal age of 30–34 years (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.09–1.87) and ≥35 years (OR 1.62, 95% CI 1.23–2.13), citizenship of countries with high migration pressure (OR 1.75, 95% CI 1.36–2.25), previous comorbidities (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.13–1.98) and obesity (OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.29–2.27) were all associated with a higher occurrence of pneumonia. The preterm birth rate was 11.1%. In comparison with the pre‐pandemic period, stillbirths and maternal and neonatal deaths remained stable. The need for ventilatory support and/or ICU admission among women with pneumonia increased during the Alpha‐variant period compared with the wild‐type period (OR 3.24, 95% CI 1.99–5.28). Conclusions Our results are consistent with a low risk of severe COVID‐19 disease among pregnant women and with rare adverse perinatal outcomes. During the Alpha‐variant period there was a significant increase of severe COVID‐19 illness. Further research is needed to describe the impact of different SARS‐CoV‐2 viral strains on maternal and perinatal outcomes.
Tweetable abstract The rate of severe COVID‐19 disease increased during the Alpha‐variant period compared with the wild‐type period.
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