Neonatal outcome among pregnant women with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Azam Amirian, Reza Pakzad, Vajiheh Hasanpour, Narges Mirzadeh, Fatemeh Abdi
Abstract
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has raised many concerns about the possible side effects of pregnancy. There is currently no conclusive evidence of the vertical transmission of COVID-19. Accordingly, this paper is a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis investigated neonatal outcomes among pregnant women with COVID-19. METHODS: statistic were applied to assess heterogeneity, a random-effects model was used to estimate the pooled estimate of the mean, and a meta-regression method was utilized to investigate the factors affecting heterogeneity between studies. RESULTS: -value all of them was >.05). Finally, 15 studies (65.22%) reported that vertical transmission did not occur. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 infection can have adverse outcomes for the newborn. Despite the positive test of neonates, the vertical transmission of COVID-19 from the infected mother to the fetus has not yet been conclusively proven; thus, further research is needed.