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. 2021 Jan;62(1):90-96.
doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.10.010. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

Safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19

Miriam Lopian  1 , Lior Kashani-Ligumsky  2 , Shelly Czeiger  2 , Ronnie Cohen  2 , Yehudit Schindler  3 , Daniel Lubin  4 , Ioanna Olteanu  2 , Ran Neiger  5 , Joseph B Lessing  2 , Eli Somekh  4
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Comment

Safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19

Miriam Lopian et al. Pediatr Neonatol. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

Background: There is limited data regarding the safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19. Our goal was to assess the safety of vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19 and the risk of neonatal infection.

Methods: This was a single medical center cohort study. Data were collected about the outcome of twenty-one women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection who delivered between March 23, 2020, and May 8, 2020.

Results: Twenty-one gravidas were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. None required admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and there were no fatalities. Seventeen delivered vaginally and four by caesareans. Apgar scores of all neonates were 9 at 1 min and 10 at 5 min. One neonate was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection 24 h after birth.

Conclusions: Vaginal delivery in women infected with COVID-19 is not associated with a significant risk of neonatal infection.

Keywords: COVID-19; Intrapartum transmission; Neonatal infection; Pregnancy; Vaginal delivery.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no competing interest.

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