MATERNAL AND PERINATAL OUTCOMES OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE COVID 19 INFECTION IN PREGNANCY – A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.

Abstract

Purpose: To study maternal and perinatal outcomes of COVID –positive pregnant women in a tertiary healthcare centre. Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective statistical analysis of records of COVID positive women who delivered at our institution between May 2020 to December 2020. Results: There were 44 COVID positive pregnant women during the study period of which 40 (90.9%) were term pregnancies and 4 (9.09%) preterm pregnancies. There were 17 (38.63%) women who had spontaneous onset of labour, 14 (31.8%) were induced and 13(29.5%) had elective LSCS. 14(31.8%) women had normal vaginal delivery,26(59.09%) had LSCS and 4(9.09%) had instrumental delivery. Most women 39(88.6%) were asymptomatic and 5(11.3%) presented with mild symptoms. 30 patients (68.18%) had underlying medical disorders. There were 5 (11.3%) babies with low birth weight (7 for all babies. Six (15.7%) babies required NICU admission and 2 (4.5%) were COVID positive. Conclusion: Majority of the COVID positive women were asymptomatic . Majority of the patients had an underlying comorbidity.None underwent ICU admission. Risk of preterm delivery and NICU admission was similar to COVID negative patients. Risk of vertical transmission exists. Fetal outcomes in terms of APGAR scores at 5 min, birth weight was found to be good.