Monday, April 11, 2022

What's new in midwifery - research - 11th April 2022

COVID

Association of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy with adverse peripartum outcomes, study carried out in Canada looking at primarily mRNA vaccines given in second and third trimester, comparing with vaccination given after pregnancy or no vaccination given, found no significant association.


Retrospective cohort study of association of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination during pregnancy with pregnancy outcomes,  "In this population-based retrospective cohort study that included 157 521 deliveries in Sweden and Norway, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination during pregnancy, compared with no SARS-CoV-2 vaccination during pregnancy, was not significantly associated with risk of preterm birth (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 0.98), stillbirth (aHR, 0.86), small for gestational age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.97), low Apgar score (aOR, 0.97), or neonatal care admission (aOR, 0.97)."  (from the Findings) 


Other research

First trimester anticoagulant exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes, study using Danish registries.

Treatment for mild chronic hypertension during pregnancy.

Preconception antidiabetic drugs in men and birth defects, study from Denmark.

Pregnancy outcomes in women who have had a heart transplant.


Thanks to McMaster's Evidence Alerts for all these.

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