Association Between Mode of Delivery Among Pregnant Women With COVID-19 and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Spain

Oscar Martínez-Perez; Manon Vouga; Sara Cruz Melguizo; Laura Forcen Acebal; Alice Panchaud; Mar Muñoz-Chápuli; David Baud

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.10125

Association Between Mode of Delivery Among Pregnant Women With COVID-19 and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Spain

JAMA. 2020 Jul 21;324(3):296-299. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.10125.

Authors

Oscar Martínez-Perez¹, Manon Vouga², Sara Cruz Melguizo¹, Laura Forcen Acebal³, Alice Panchaud⁴, Mar Muñoz-Chápuli⁵, David Baud²

Affiliations

¹ Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
² Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, 12 Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Service of Pharmacy, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

This cohort study estimates associations between mode of delivery (vaginal vs cesarean delivery) and maternal and neonatal birth outcomes among SARS-CoV-2–infected women giving birth in Spain.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Cesarean Section / adverse effects
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Delivery, Obstetric / methods*
Female
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
Pregnancy Outcome*
SARS-CoV-2
Spain / epidemiology