Objective: Long-term effects on infants of mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy are increasingly discussed in the literature. Besides potential neurodevelopment impairments after intrauterine SARS-CoV-2 exposure, there might be differences in the postnatal pediatric care of those children, like the timing of preventive medical examinations (PME) or vaccinations. In this first national long-term follow-up study of women included in the CRONOS registry, we describe maternal impressions of their child´s development and the prevalence of regulatory disorders, and we analyze the timing of PMEs and vaccinations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pregnant women are at an increased risk of severe COVID-19 and adverse pregnancy outcomes; data on maternal long-term outcome is scarce. We analyzed long-term follow-ups on women who experienced a SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy to evaluate post-COVID symptoms, particularly fatigue, and their association with quality of life (QoL).
Methods: 773 women who enrolled in the CRONOS registry between April 2020 and August 2021 were contacted for follow-up from December 2022 to April 2023.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 infection has dominated clinical practice. In the treatment of high-risk populations, there has long been uncertainty about the extent and consequences of infection. This high-risk population includes pregnant patients.
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