Objective
To evaluate the perinatal and maternal outcomes of pregnancies in SARS-CoV-2 infected women, comparing spontaneous and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) pregnancies (with either own or donor oocytes).
Design
Multicentre, prospective, observational study.
Setting
78 centres participating in the Spanish COVID19 Registry.
Patients
1,347 SARS-CoV-2 positive pregnant women registered consecutively between February 26
th
and November 5
th
, 2020.
Interventions
Patient´s information was collected from their medical records, and multivariable regression analyses were performed, controlling for maternal age and the clinical presentation of infection.
Main outcome measures
Obstetrics and neonatal outcomes, pregnancy comorbidities, intensive care unit admission, mechanical ventilation need and medical conditions.
Results
The IVF group was composed of 74 (5.5%) women whereas the spontaneous group included 1,275 (94.5%) women. Operative delivery rate was high in all patients, especially in the IVF group, where C-section became the most frequent method of delivery (55.4%, compared to 26.1% of spontaneous). The reason for C-section was induction failure in 56.1% of IVF patients. IVF women had more gestational hypertensive disorders [16.2% vs 4.5% among spontaneous, adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) 5.31, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 2.45-10.93) irrespective of oocyte origin. The higher rate of ICU admittance observed in the IVF group (8.1% vs 2.4% spontaneous) was attributed to pre-eclampsia (aOR 11.82, 95% CI 5.25-25.87), not to the type of conception,
Conclusions
High rate of operative delivery has been observed in SARS-CoV-2 infected women, especially in IVF pregnancies; method of conception does not affect foetal or maternal outcomes, except for pre-eclampsia.
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