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ArticlePlacenta2022

Placental pathological findings in coronavirus disease 2019: Perinatal outcomes.

Gelson Farias Arcos Júnior, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Beatriz Kill, Stela Verzinhasse Peres, Maria Augusta B C Gibelli, Silvia Maria Ibidi, Werther Brunow de Carvalho, Angelica Braz Simões, Maria de Lourdes Brizot, Regina Schultz and 2 more

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Article in Placenta, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gelson Farias Arcos JúniorDisciplina de Obstetricia, Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Rossana Pulcineli Vieira FranciscoDisciplina de Obstetricia, Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Beatriz KillDisciplina de Obstetricia, Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Stela Verzinhasse PeresDisciplina de Obstetricia, Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Maria Augusta B C GibelliDivisao de Neonatologia, Instituto da Crianca do Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Silvia Maria IbidiDivisao de Neonatologia, Instituto da Crianca do Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Werther Brunow de CarvalhoDivisao de Neonatologia, Instituto da Crianca do Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Angelica Braz SimõesServico de Anatomia Patologica do Hospital Universitario da USP, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Maria de Lourdes BrizotDisciplina de Obstetricia, Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Regina SchultzDivisao de Anatomia Patologica, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil.
Mariana Azevedo CarvalhoDisciplina de Obstetricia, Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Brazil. Electronic address: mariana.azevedo@hc.fm.usp.br.
HC-FMUSP-Obstetric COVID-19 Study Group
Universidade de São Paulo · BRHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRHospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPlacental alterations caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have already been described, but most studies used small sample groups and the difference according to the severity of the disease has not been verified. Our objective was to describe placental alterations in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and analyze the association of pathological placental findings with the clinical parameters of COVID-19 and perinatal results.

methodsThis was a nested study within a prospective cohort study involving 109 symptomatic pregnant women with COVID-19. The prevalence of observed placental alterations was described, and the associations of pathological findings with the clinical parameters of COVID-19 severity and with perinatal outcomes were assessed.

resultsThe frequency of types of placental features was poor maternal vascular perfusion in 45% of cases, poor fetal vascular perfusion in 33.9%, hematogenous origin infection in 32.1%, and morphological changes corresponding to ascending infection in 21.1%. Hematogenous infection differed significantly according to COVID-19 severity (p = 0.008), with a prevalence ratio (PR) of 1.74 (95% confidence interval, 1.02-2.98) in the moderate COVID-19 group compared to the mild COVID-19 group. Among the perinatal outcomes, there was an unexpected inverse association between prematurity and placental infection of hematogenous origin, with lower rates of prematurity among cases with inflammation of hematogenous origin (p = 0.029). DISCUSSION: Moderate SARS-Cov-2 infection presented a higher prevalence of placental pathological findings. There was no association of placental findings with adverse perinatal outcomes.

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COVID-19Pregnancy Complications, InfectiousFemaleHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPlacentaPregnancyProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Infectious pregnancy complicationsPerinatal mortalityPlacenta

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PMID36057169
PMCPMC9420243
OpenAlexW4293382412

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