Frequency and outcomes of extremely early preterm birth in pregnant women with new coronavirus infection COVID-19

The frequency of extremely early preterm birth (ERPR), their obstetric and perinatal outcomes, morphological features of the placenta in pregnant women in the city of Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk region (CO) with a new coronavirus infection (NCI) in periods 1-2 and 3-4 waves of the COVID pandemic were studied. -19. The results obtained indicate that there is no increase in the frequency of ERPR in pregnant women with NCI. Delivery by caesarean section is associated mainly with the increase in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) of the mother. In the period of waves 3-4 of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in the perinatal mortality rate was noted compared to the period of waves 1-2 without statistical significance of these indicators. At the same time, antenatal fetal death during the 3rd-4th wave of the NCI pandemic was observed statistically significantly more often (p=0.033). The features of placental damage to the placentas in patients with NCI with ERPR and antenatal fetal death during the 3rd-4th wave of the pandemic are severe maternal and fetal vascular malperfusion and severe acute inflammatory lesions of the placenta (2,3 stages and 2,3 degrees).

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