Maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection in our tertiary hospital

Objective: To evaluate clinical features, laboratory test results, and maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant patients with the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Methods: We reviewed clinical data from pregnant women with a laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2, who were admitted to our university hospital in Türkiye. Demographic and clinical characteristics, laboratory test results, and maternal and neonatal outcomes were collected. Results: A total of 46 pregnant women were included in this study. The mean maternal age was 28 (min. 21 – max. 39) years and gestational age was 31 (min. 26 – max. 41) weeks. Two (4.37%) pregnant women were vaccinated with 1 dose of BioNTech® vaccine, and all other patients were unvaccinated. Shortness of breath was the most common symptom present in 15 cases (32.6%). Twenty-seven (58.69%) pregnant women gave birth in the preterm period, and 19 (41.30%) in the term period. Six (13.04%) pregnant women were followed up in the Anesthesia Intensive Care Unit. Two women with critical COVID-19 died in the postpartum period. Conclusion: COVID-19 infection has negative consequences in terms of maternal and neonatal outcomes. The most common causes of adverse neonatal outcomes are iatrogenic or spontaneous preterm births, while the most common causes of adverse maternal outcomes are prolonged hospitalization time, increased likelihood of intensive care hospitalization, and maternal deaths. The most effective way to prevent this situation is to get vaccinated regardless of trimester

Vacuum assisted-birth: why do we abstain from?

AMAÇ: Vakum ekstraksiyon ile gerçekleşen müdahaleli doğumun kısa dönem klinik sonuçları açısından, sezaryen doğum ile karşılaştırılması. GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Çalışma 2015-2016 yılları arasında Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalında retrospektif kohort olarak yürütülmüştür. Çalışmaya primipar gebeler dahil edilmiştir. Doğumun ikinci evresinin uzaması endikasyonu ile vakum ekstraksiyon yapılarak vajinal doğum gerçekleştirilen gebeler ile baş pelvis uyumsuzluğu nedeniyle sezaryen doğum yapılan gebeler kısa dönem sonuçları (fetal pH, postpartum kan kaybı, maliyet) açısından karşılaştırılmıştır. BULGULAR: Vakum ekstraksiyon yapılan grupta (n:22), sezaryen yapılan gruba (n:30) göre aktif eylem süresi, doğum sonu kan kaybı ve buna bağlı olarak kan transfüzyonu oranları daha fazla iken, tedavi maliyeti daha azdır (p<0,05). SONUÇ: Her ne kadar vakum ekstraksiyon grubunda doğum sonu kanama komplikasyonu daha fazla olsa da, bu konudaki deneyim arttırılmalı ve hekimler vakum ekstraksiyon uygulaması açısından cesaretlendirilmelidir.OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare the vacuum assisted- vaginal delivery and cesarean section in terms of short term clinical outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was executed as a retrospective cohort study at Gülhane Military Medical Academy Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology between 2015 and 2016. Primiparous pregnant women were included in the study. The short term clinical outcomes (feotal pH, blood loss, cost) of the deliveries performed by vacuum extraction due to the diagnosis of prolonged second stage of labor were compared with the deliveries performed by cesarean section due to the diagnosis of cefalo-pelvic disproportion at early stages of labor. RESULTS: The duration of active phase, the amount of blood loss and the transfusion rate were all detected to be higher in the vacuum extraction group (n=22) respect to the cesarean delivery group (n=30). (p<0,05) CONCLUSIONS: Although the results of this showed that the amount of blood loss was higher in the deliveries performed by vacuum extraction, we believe in that this complication can be managed exclusively well by the effect of increased experience. So we are in favor of encouraging obstetricians to apply vacuum extraction in the necessary circumstances to obtain increased clinical experience

Vacuum assisted-birth: why do we abstain from?

AMAÇ: Vakum ekstraksiyon ile gerçekleşen müdahaleli doğumun kısa dönem klinik sonuçları açısından, sezaryen doğum ile karşılaştırılması. GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Çalışma 2015-2016 yılları arasında Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalında retrospektif kohort olarak yürütülmüştür. Çalışmaya primipar gebeler dahil edilmiştir. Doğumun ikinci evresinin uzaması endikasyonu ile vakum ekstraksiyon yapılarak vajinal doğum gerçekleştirilen gebeler ile baş pelvis uyumsuzluğu nedeniyle sezaryen doğum yapılan gebeler kısa dönem sonuçları (fetal pH, postpartum kan kaybı, maliyet) açısından karşılaştırılmıştır. BULGULAR: Vakum ekstraksiyon yapılan grupta (n:22), sezaryen yapılan gruba (n:30) göre aktif eylem süresi, doğum sonu kan kaybı ve buna bağlı olarak kan transfüzyonu oranları daha fazla iken, tedavi maliyeti daha azdır (p<0,05). SONUÇ: Her ne kadar vakum ekstraksiyon grubunda doğum sonu kanama komplikasyonu daha fazla olsa da, bu konudaki deneyim arttırılmalı ve hekimler vakum ekstraksiyon uygulaması açısından cesaretlendirilmelidir.OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare the vacuum assisted- vaginal delivery and cesarean section in terms of short term clinical outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was executed as a retrospective cohort study at Gülhane Military Medical Academy Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology between 2015 and 2016. Primiparous pregnant women were included in the study. The short term clinical outcomes (feotal pH, blood loss, cost) of the deliveries performed by vacuum extraction due to the diagnosis of prolonged second stage of labor were compared with the deliveries performed by cesarean section due to the diagnosis of cefalo-pelvic disproportion at early stages of labor. RESULTS: The duration of active phase, the amount of blood loss and the transfusion rate were all detected to be higher in the vacuum extraction group (n=22) respect to the cesarean delivery group (n=30). (p<0,05) CONCLUSIONS: Although the results of this showed that the amount of blood loss was higher in the deliveries performed by vacuum extraction, we believe in that this complication can be managed exclusively well by the effect of increased experience. So we are in favor of encouraging obstetricians to apply vacuum extraction in the necessary circumstances to obtain increased clinical experience