The Effect of the Mode of Delivery on Probable Vertical Transmission in COVID-19-Positive Mothers | ||
| ARCADEs of MEDICINE | ||
| Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2023, Pages 57-64 PDF (356.3 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/arcmed.2023.200292.1020 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Bahaa Abdelaziz Elhakem* 1; Mohamed Adel Alnazer1; Medhat Mohamed Ghanem2; Amr Ahmed Riad3 | ||
| 1Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Obstetrics and Gynecology, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 3Obstetrics and Gynecology, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Recent research indicates that human-to-human contact is the primary mode of transmission for SARS-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the disease-causing agent of COVID-19. However, information on the vertical spread of COVID-19 among newborns is scarce and contradictory. The study aims to assess the association between delivery methods and the risk of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to newborns. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at Misr El Gedida Military Hospital and El Obour Specialized Hospital of Ain Shams University on 100 pregnant women with confirmed COVID-19 infection, divided into two groups: Group A: those who delivered vaginally (n = 15); and Group B: those who delivered by cesarean section (n = 85) in the period between March 2020 and March 2022. Results: Pregnancy outcomes did not vary significantly (P-value > 0.05) between groups A and B. There was no significant difference between both groups in stillbirth rate, viral status, APGAR score, or newborn weight (p-value > 0.05). In addition, there was no significant difference (p-value > 0.05) between groups A and B in the rates of admission to the NICU. Conclusion: There was no association between the mode of delivery (vaginal vs. cesarean) and the rates of COVID-19 infection in newborns or neonatal mortality. These results do not lend credence to the idea that cesarean sections prevent the vertical transmission of COVID-19 from pregnant women to their newborn babies more effectively than vaginal births. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| COVID-19; cesarean delivery; pregnancy; vaginal delivery; vertical transmission | ||
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