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The risks of dying in hospital, venous thromboembolism (where a blood clot lodges in the lungs), and preeclampsia (pregnancy-related high blood pressure), were considerably higher among women who gave birth with COVID-19 than in those without COVID-19, according to a US study of 6,380 mums-to-be who had COVID-19, and 400,066 who did not. Although the absolute risks of these complications were low, the results highlight the need for strategies to minimise risk, the authors say, and to include pregnant women in clinical trials of treatments and vaccines.
From:
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Women Giving Birth With and Without COVID-19
What The Study Did: Clinical characteristics and outcomes such as preterm birth, preeclampsia, blood clots and death were compared among hospitalized women with and without COVID-19 who gave birth between April and November 2020.
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