Disease severity, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal deaths among pregnant patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Washington State

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 225; no. 1; pp. 77.e1 - 77.e14
• Main Authors: Lokken, Erica M., Huebner, Emily M., Taylor, G. Gray, Hendrickson, Sarah, Vanderhoeven, Jeroen, Kachikis, Alisa, Coler, Brahm, Walker, Christie L., Sheng, Jessica S., al-Haddad, Benjamin J.S., McCartney, Stephen A., Kretzer, Nicole M., Resnick, Rebecca, Barnhart, Nena, Schulte, Vera, Bergam, Brittany, Ma, Kimberly K., Albright, Catherine, Larios, Valerie, Kelley, Lori, Larios, Victoria, Emhoff, Sharilyn, Rah, Jasmine, Retzlaff, Kristin, Thomas, Chad, Paek, Bettina W., Hsu, Rita J., Erickson, Anne, Chang, Andrew, Mitchell, Timothy, Hwang, Joseph K., Erickson, Stephen, Delaney, Shani, Archabald, Karen, Kline, Carolyn R., LaCourse, Sylvia M., Adams Waldorf, Kristina M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Adult; case fatality; Cohort Studies; coronavirus; COVID-19; COVID-19 - mortality; Female; fetus; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Maternal Death; maternal mortality; Original Research; pneumonia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; preterm birth; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Severity of Illness Index; Washington - epidemiology; Young Adult; Washington; COVID-19; preterm birth; SARS-CoV-2; pneumonia; case fatality; pregnancy; coronavirus; fetus; maternal mortality
• ISSN: 0002-9378; 1097-6868; 1097-6868
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.1221

Evidence is accumulating that coronavirus disease 2019 increases the risk of hospitalization and mechanical ventilation in pregnant patients and for preterm delivery. However, the impact on maternal mortality and whether morbidity is differentially affected by disease severity at delivery and trimes...