Effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection on obstetric outcomes: Results from a prospective cohort in the Netherlands

Frederieke A J Gigase; Myrthe G B M Boekhorst; Anna-Sophie Rommel; Siobhan M Dolan; Victor Pop; Veerle Bergink; Lotje D De Witte

doi:10.1002/ijgo.14405

Effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection on obstetric outcomes: Results from a prospective cohort in the Netherlands

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 Jan;160(1):337-339. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14405. Epub 2022 Sep 1.

Authors

Frederieke A J Gigase^{1

2}, Myrthe G B M Boekhorst², Anna-Sophie Rommel¹, Siobhan M Dolan³, Victor Pop², Veerle Bergink^{1

3

4

5}, Lotje D De Witte¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, USA.
² Department of Clinical and Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, USA.
⁴ Blavatnik Family Women's Health Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Results of a large prospective pregnancy cohort in the Netherlands show no association of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection prior to 28 weeks of gestation with adverse obstetric outcomes.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 infection; gestational age; obstetric outcomes; birth weight.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Female
Humans
Netherlands / epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / epidemiology
Pregnancy Outcome
Premature Birth*
Prospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2

Grants and funding

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai