Obstetric and perinatal outcomes in parturients with active SARS-CoV-2 infection during labor and delivery: a retrospective cohort study

Table 2 Characteristics of COVID-19 disease in pregnant women with or without active disease at delivery

COVID-19 characteristics	COVID-19-recovered patients	COVID-19-active patients	p-value
COVID-19 characteristics	N = 92	N = 84	p-value
Gestational age at diagnosis (weeks)	29 (9–39)	38.5 (25–41)	< 0.0001
Symptomatic COVID-19*	41 (57.74%)	28 (33.33%)	< 0.001
Symptoms^a
Malaise	27 (38.02%)	11 (13.10%)	< 0.001
Cough	15 (21.12%)	16 (19.05%)	0.84
Anosmia and/or ageusia	13 (18.30%)	5 (5.95%)	0.02
Fever	12 (16.90%)	8 (9.52%)	0.23
Dyspnea	12 (16.90%)	4 (4.76%)	0.01
Sore throat	5 (7.04%)	2 (2.38%)	0.24
Gastrointestinal	8 (11.26%)	2 (2.38%)	0.04
Oxygen saturation (%)^b	98 (94–100)	98 (82–100)	0.78
< 94%	0 (0%)	5 (6.0%)	0.14
COVID-19 severity
Mild	41 (57.74%)	23 (27.38%)	0.002
Severe	0 (0%)	2 (2.38%)	0.50
Critical	0 (0%)	3 (3.60%)	0.25
Hospitalization	2 (2.17%)	8 (9.52%)	0.04
ICU admission	0 (0%)	3 (3.60%)	0.10
Invasive ventilation	0 (0%)	3 (3.60%)	0.10
ECMO	0 (0%)	3 (3.60%)	0.10

Values are presented as median (range) for continuous variables and as n(%) for categorical variables
Abbreviations: ICU Intensive care unit, ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
^a Data were missing for 21 women in the recovered group
^b Data were missing for 68 women in the recovered group and 47 women in the active- infection group

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