Publications by authors named "Cora Alexandra Voekt"
Maternal and perinatal outcomes following pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants infection among unvaccinated pregnant women in France and Switzerland: a prospective cohort study using the COVI-PREG registry.
Guillaume Favre Emeline Maisonneuve Léo Pomar Charlotte Daire Christophe Poncelet Cora Alexandra Voekt
Lancet Reg Health Eur
March 2023
Article Synopsis
- SARS-CoV-2 positive pregnant women have a varying risk of severe maternal adverse outcomes depending on the circulating variant, with higher risks during the Delta variant wave.
- A study of 2055 unvaccinated pregnant women from March 2020 to September 2022 showed 3.4% had severe outcomes in the pre-Delta period, increasing to 6.5% during Delta, and decreasing to 1.0% during Omicron.
- The study also highlighted that pregnancy complications were common across all periods, with stillbirth rates rising significantly during the Delta wave.
Aims Of The Study: Fetal abnormalities found on ultrasonography lead to a variety of diagnostic procedures, including a panel of serologies to detect possible maternal STORCH infections encompassing syphilis, Toxoplasma gondii, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, and others (human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C, parvovirus B19, enterovirus, varicella zoster, and Leptospira interrogans). The value of indiscriminate testing for infections upon the detection of fetal ultrasound abnormalities has been questioned. The aim of this study was to review the ultrasonographic abnormalities leading to maternal STORCH panels at the obstetrics department of a university hospital.
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