Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2020
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical presentation, symptomology, and disease course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnancy.
METHODS: The PRIORITY (Pregnancy CoRonavIrus Outcomes RegIsTrY) study is an ongoing nationwide prospective cohort study of people in the United States who are pregnant or up to 6 weeks postpregnancy with known or suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We analyzed the clinical presentation and disease course of COVID-19 in participants who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection and reported symptoms at the time of testing.
RESULTS: Of 991 participants enrolled from March 22, 2020, until July 10, 2020, 736 had symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of testing; 594 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection and 142 tested negative in this symptomatic group. Mean age was 31.3 years (SD 5.1), and 37% will nulliparous. Ninety-five percent were outpatients. Participants who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2-infection were a geographically diverse cohort: 34% from the Northeast, 25% from the West, 21% from the South, and 18% from the Midwest. Thirty-one percent of study participants were Latina, and 9% were Black. The average gestational age at enrollment was 24.1 weeks, and 13% of participants were enrolled after pregnancy. The most prevalent first symptoms in the cohort of patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection were cough (20%), sore throat (16%), body aches (12%), and fever (12%). Median time to symptom resolution was 37 days (95% CI 35-39). One quarter (25%) of participants who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection had persistent symptoms 8 or more weeks after symptom onset.
CONCLUSION: COVID-19 has a prolonged and nonspecific disease course during pregnancy and in the 6 weeks after pregnancy.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04323839.
Recommended Citation
Afshar, Yalda; Gaw, Stephanie L; Flaherman, Valerie J; Chambers, Brittany D; Krakow, Deborah; Berghella, Vincenzo; Shamshirsaz, Alireza A; Boatin, Adeline A; Aldrovandi, Grace; Greiner, Andrea; Riley, Laura; Boscardin, W John; Jamieson, Denise J; and Jacoby, Vanessa L, "Clinical Presentation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Pregnant and Recently Pregnant People." (2020). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Papers. Paper 66.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/obgynfp/66
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PubMed ID
33027186
Language
English
Comments
This is the final published version of the article from Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2020 Dec;136(6):1117-1125.
The article can also be accessed from the journal's website: https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000004178
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