Title
Perinatal outcomes and serological results in neonates of pregnant women seropositive to SARS-CoV-2: A cross-sectional descriptive study
Other title
Resultados perinatales y serológicos en neonatos de gestantes se-ropositivas para SARS-CoV-2: estudio transversal descriptivo
Date Issued
21 December 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Dávila-Aliaga C.
Mendoza-Ibáñez E.
Torres-Marcos E.
Hinojosa-Pérez R.
Espinoza-Vivas Y.
Álvarez-Carrasco R.
Meza-Santibáñez L.
Gonzales-Carrillo O.
Arango-Ochante P.
Racchumí-Vela A.
Saldaña-Díaz C.
Publisher(s)
Medwave Estudios Ltda
Abstract
Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly throughout the world. However, its ability to cause severe disease is not homogeneous according to sex and the different age groups. Objective: To determine perinatal characteristics, morbidity, mortality, and serological results in neonates from seropositive pregnant women to SARS-CoV-2. Methods: We did a retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study. We included all newborns from positive pregnant women to SARS-CoV-2, between April 15 and May 10, 2020, who delivered in the National Perinatal Maternal Institute of Peru. The study extracted maternal and neonatal variables collected from the medical charts. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Fischer's exact test. Results: One hundred fourteen neonates were identified, 36.8% IgM/IgG positive for SARS-CoV-2, 7% IgG, and 56.2% had negative serology. The obstetric complications were premature rupture of membranes (14.9%) and preterm birth (8,8%). 8.8% of newborns had an Apgar score of less than or equal to six minutes, and of those, only one persisted after five minutes; three newborns died. There was an association between the type of maternal immunoglobulin and the serology of the newborn (p < 0.05). No association was observed between perinatal results and maternal immunoglobulin type (p > 0.05) or serological results in the newborn for SARS-CoV-2 (p > 0.05). Conclusion: 43.9% of seropositive mothers' neonates to SARS-CoV-2 had a positive serological result, more frequently type IgM/IgG. 10.5% of the neonates had some morbidity, more frequent prematurity, low birth weight, and 2.6% died. Perinatal results were not associated with the type of immunoglobulin of mothers seropositive to SARS-CoV-2; similarly, perinatal results were not associated with serological results in the newborn.
Start page
e8084
Volume
20
Issue
11
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema respiratorio
Pediatría
Obstetricia, Ginecología
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85099211277
PubMed ID
Source
Medwave
ISSN of the container
07176384
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