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

Karen Clemmer 6/15/208:30 AM

_JAMA.Published online June 8, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.10125

Data from China found severe complications in 8% of pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).¹ However, the high rate of cesarean deliveries (>90%) in Chinese reports is concerning,² and whether mode of delivery is associated with maternal complications or neonatal transmission is unknown.³ We assessed births to women with COVID-19 by mode of delivery.

Methods

Women with singleton pregnancies and a positive reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) between March 12 and April 6, 2020, and who delivered within the next 14 days at 96 level 2 or level 3 maternity hospitals throughout Spain were included.

Among patients with mild symptoms at presentation, all patients with a vaginal birth had excellent outcomes.

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