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Neonatal outcomes of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK: a prospective cohort study using active surveillance.

Ali, S; Mactier, H; Morelli, A; Hurd, M; Placzek, A; Knight, M; Ladhani, SN; Draper, ES; Sharkey, D; Doherty, C; et al. Ali, S; Mactier, H; Morelli, A; Hurd, M; Placzek, A; Knight, M; Ladhani, SN; Draper, ES; Sharkey, D; Doherty, C; Kurinczuk, JJ; Quigley, MA; Gale, C (2023) Neonatal outcomes of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK: a prospective cohort study using active surveillance. Pediatr Res, 57 (9). pp. 962-978. ISSN 1530-0447 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02527-z
SGUL Authors: Ladhani, Shamez Nizarali

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Newborns may be affected by maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy. We aimed to describe the epidemiology, clinical course and short-term outcomes of babies admitted to a neonatal unit (NNU) following birth to a mother with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection within 7 days of birth. METHODS: This is a UK prospective cohort study; all NHS NNUs, 1 March 2020 to 31 August 2020. Cases were identified via British Paediatric Surveillance Unit with linkage to national obstetric surveillance data. Reporting clinicians completed data forms. Population data were extracted from the National Neonatal Research Database. RESULTS: A total of 111 NNU admissions (1.98 per 1000 of all NNU admissions) involved 2456 days of neonatal care (median 13 [IQR 5, 34] care days per admission). A total of 74 (67%) babies were preterm. In all, 76 (68%) received respiratory support; 30 were mechanically ventilated. Four term babies received therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy. Twenty-eight mothers received intensive care, with four dying of COVID-19. Eleven (10%) babies were SARS-CoV-2 positive. A total of 105 (95%) babies were discharged home; none of the three deaths before discharge was attributed to SARS-CoV-2. CONCLUSION: Babies born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection around the time of birth accounted for a low proportion of total NNU admissions over the first 6 months of the UK pandemic. Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 was uncommon. STUDY REGISTRATION: ISRCTN60033461; protocol available at http://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/pru-mnhc/research-themes/theme-4/covid-19 . IMPACT: Neonatal unit admissions of babies born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection comprised only a small proportion of total neonatal admissions in the first 6 months of the pandemic. A high proportion of babies requiring neonatal admission who were born to mothers with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were preterm and had neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or other conditions associated with long-term sequelae. Adverse neonatal conditions were more common in babies whose SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers required intensive care compared to those whose SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers who did not.

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Keywords: 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, Pediatrics
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII)
Journal or Publication Title: Pediatr Res
ISSN: 1530-0447
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
13 April 2023Published
14 March 2023Published Online
30 January 2023Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Projects:
Project IDFunderFunder ID
PR-PRU-1217-21202National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
11/46/12National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
PubMed ID: 36899124
Web of Science ID: WOS:000947386400003
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/115332
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02527-z

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