Consider History of Vaccines When Advising Pregnant Women on COVID-19 Vaccination pharmacytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pharmacytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pregnant women with severe or critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection are at increased risk for preterm birth and pregnancy loss. In studies of hospitalized pregnant women with COVID-19, which have included between 240 and 427 infected women, the risk for preterm delivery (both iatrogenic and spontaneous) has ranged from 10% to 25%, with rates as high as 60% among women with critical illness.
1 The primary risk to a pregnancy appears to be from maternal illness. In addition, pregnant women may be at higher risk for severe illness and death caused by COVID-19 compared with nonpregnant women. In an analysis of national surveillance data that included pregnancy status of 409 462 women with symptomatic COVID-19 illness through October 3, 2020, the adjusted risk ratio in pregnant women (vs those of similar age and not pregnant) was 3.0 for intensive care unit admission, 2.9 for mechanical ventilation, and 1.7 for death.