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Maternal and Neonotal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With With and Without COVID-19 Infection

Por: José Villar, MD; Shabina Ariff, MD; Robert B. Gunier, PhD; Ramachandran Thiruvengadam, MD; Stephen Rauch, MPH; Alexey Kholin, MD; Paola Roggero, PhD; Federico Prefumo, PhD; Marynéa Silva do Vale, MD; Jorge Arturo Cardona-Perez, MD; Nerea Maiz, PhD; Irene Cetin, MD; Valeria Savasi, PhD; Philippe Deruelle, PhD; Sarah Rae Easter, MD; Joanna Sichitiu, MD; Constanza P. Soto Conti, MD; Ernawati Ernawati, PhD; Mohak Mhatre, MD; Jagjit Singh Teji, MD; Becky Liu, MBBS; Carola Capelli, MD; Manuela Oberto, MD; Laura Salazar, MD; Michael G. Gravett, MD; Paolo Ivo Cavoretto, PhD; Vincent Bizor Nachinab, MD; Hadiza Galadanci, MSc; Daniel Oros, PhD; Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, MD; Loïc Sentilhes, PhD; Babagana Bako, MD; Mónica Savorani, MD; Hellas Cena, PhD; Perla K. García-May, MD; Saturday Etuk, MD; Roberto Casale, MD; Sherief Abd-Elsalam, PhD; Satoru Ikenoue, PhD; Muhammad Baffah Aminu, MD; Carmen Vecciarelli, MD; Eduardo A. Duro, MD; Mustapha Ado Usman, MBBS; Yetunde John-Akinola, PhD; Ricardo Nieto, MD; Enrico Ferrazi, MD; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, PhD; Ana Langer, MD; Stephen H. Kennedy, MD; Aris T. Papageorghiou, MD


In this multinational cohort study, COVID-19 in pregnancy was associated with consistent and substantial increases in severe maternal morbidity and mortality and neonatal complications when pregnant women with and without COVID-19 diagnosis were compared. The findings should alert pregnant individuals and clinicians to implement strictly all the recommended COVID-19 preventive measures.