A systematic scoping review of COVID-19 during pregnancy and childbirth

Farida Elshafeey, Rana Magdi, Nader Hindi, Mohamed Elshebiny, Nourhan Farrag, Shahd Mahdy, Mohamed Sabbour, Sara Gebril, Mohamed Nasser, Menna Kamel, Abdelrahman Amir, Moataz Maher Emara, Ashraf Nabhan, Farida Elshafeey, Rana Magdi, Nader Hindi, Mohamed Elshebiny, Nourhan Farrag, Shahd Mahdy, Mohamed Sabbour, Sara Gebril, Mohamed Nasser, Menna Kamel, Abdelrahman Amir, Moataz Maher Emara, Ashraf Nabhan

Abstract

Background: Clinical presentation and outcomes of COVID-19 infection during pregnancy remain limited and fragmented.

Objectives: To summarize the existing literature on COVID-19 infection during pregnancy and childbirth, particularly concerning clinical presentation and outcomes.

Search strategy: A systematic search of LitCovid, EBSCO MEDLINE, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Scopus electronic databases. The references of relevant studies were also searched.

Selection criteria: Identified titles and abstracts were screened to select original reports and cross-checked for overlap of cases.

Data collection and analysis: A descriptive summary organized by aspects of clinical presentations (symptoms, imaging, and laboratory) and outcomes (maternal and perinatal).

Main results: We identified 33 studies reporting 385 pregnant women with COVID-19 infection: 368 (95.6%) mild; 14 (3.6%) severe; and 3 (0.8%) critical. Seventeen women were admitted to intensive care, including six who were mechanically ventilated and one maternal mortality. A total of 252 women gave birth, comprising 175 (69.4%) cesarean and 77 (30.6%) vaginal births. Outcomes for 256 newborns included four RT-PCR positive neonates, two stillbirths, and one neonatal death.

Conclusion: COVID-19 infection during pregnancy probably has a clinical presentation and severity resembling that in non-pregnant adults. It is probably not associated with poor maternal or perinatal outcomes.

Keywords: COVID-19; Childbirth; Coronavirus; Neonate; Pregnancy; Systematic scoping review.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

© 2020 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

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