Covid during pregnancy has nothing to do with newborn complications

London, September 26th (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 during pregnancy, is not associated with neonatal complications.

In a study published in the journal JAMA, the research team investigated the association between positive SARS-CoV-2 testing during pregnancy and complications between mothers and their newborns.

Of the three pregnant women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, nearly two were asymptomatic, and researchers found an increased prevalence of complications during childbirth and neonatal illness. not.

However, pre-eclampsia was more common in infected women.

“One possible reason for the latter is that both pre-eclampsia and Covid-19 can affect several organs and show similar symptoms,” said the lead author of the study, Sweden. Mia Ahlberg of Karolinska Institute Hospital said.

The researchers collected data and linked them to data from the Swedish Pregnancy Registry of all 2,682 women who gave birth in the hospital between March 25 and July 24, 2020.

To investigate the association between test-positive and medical outcomes in both mothers and newborns, researchers compared test-positive and test-negative women.

A total of 156 women (5.8%) were SARS-CoV-2 positive. Of these women, 65% were asymptomatic.

The fact that the majority of pregnant women who tested positive were asymptomatic is consistent with the results of other studies in which screening was used.

There were no statistically significant differences in delivery methods, bleeding, epidural, preterm birth use, length of stay, or breastfeeding between infected and uninfected women.

There was also no difference between the groups in terms of infant Apgar score or birth weight.

Women who tested positive for the new coronavirus had a lower prevalence of induced labor and a higher prevalence of preeclampsia for unclear reasons.

The fact that the majority of women who test positive are asymptomatic probably influences the results of the study, the researchers write.

“The proportion of women with symptoms was too small to investigate whether these women were at high risk of complications,” Earlberg said.

“Large studies should be conducted to identify whether women with different symptoms make up the risk group for adverse outcomes such as preterm birth,” she said.

Source: IANS

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