Pregnant women who become ill with COVID-19 are more likely to die and have adverse perinatal and neonatal outcomes

Question

Do pregnant women who become ill with COVID-19 have worse outcomes than pregnant women who are not infected with COVID-19?

Conclusion

Pregnant women who become ill with COVID-19 are more likely to die and have adverse perinatal and neonatal outcomes than pregnant women who are uninfected with COVID-19.

Reference

Villar J, Ariff S, Gunier RB, et al. Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality among pregnant women with and without COVID-19 infection: The INTERCOVID Multinational Cohort Study. JAMA Pediatr 2021;175(8):817-826.

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