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Adverse Maternal, Fetal, And Newborn Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Sars-Cov-2 Infection: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis, Emily R. Smith, Erin Oakley, Gargi Wable Grandner, Kacey Ferguson, Fouzia Farooq, Yalda Afshar, Mia Ahlberg, Homa Ahmadzia, Victor Akelo, Marleen Temmerman
Adverse Maternal, Fetal, And Newborn Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Sars-Cov-2 Infection: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis, Emily R. Smith, Erin Oakley, Gargi Wable Grandner, Kacey Ferguson, Fouzia Farooq, Yalda Afshar, Mia Ahlberg, Homa Ahmadzia, Victor Akelo, Marleen Temmerman
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa
Introduction: Despite a growing body of research on the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, there is continued controversy given heterogeneity in the quality and design of published studies.
Methods: We screened ongoing studies in our sequential, prospective meta-analysis. We pooled individual participant data to estimate the absolute and relative risk (RR) of adverse outcomes among pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection, compared with confirmed negative pregnancies. We evaluated the risk of bias using a modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.
Results: We screened 137 studies and included 12 studies in 12 countries involving 13 136 pregnant women.
Pregnant women with …