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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2010 Apr 21;303(15):1517–1525. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.479

Table 4.

Impact of Trimester and Timing of Antiviral Treatment on Admission to an Intensive Care Unit Among Hospitalized Patients

Trimester and Treatment Timinga No. (%) of Women
Relative Risk (95% CI) P Value
Intensive Care Admission (n = 61) No Intensive Care Admission (n = 192)
Any trimester ≤2 d after symptom onset 13 (9.4) 125 (90.6) 1.0 [Referent]

3-4 d after symptom onset, trimester
 First 1 (16.7) 5 (83.3) 1.8 (0.3-11.4) .47b

 Second 3 (14.3) 18 (85.7) 1.5 (0.5-4.9) .45b

 Third 9 (33.3) 18 (66.7) 3.5 (1.7-7.4) .003b

>4 d after symptom onset, trimester
 First 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) 8.0 (3.7-17.1) .004b

 Second 14 (58.3) 10 (41.7) 6.2 (3.3-11.5) <.001b

 Third 18 (54.5) 15 (45.5) 5.8 (3.2-10.6) <.001

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

a

Sixty-four pregnant women who were treated, but timing was unknown, and 89 with unknown treatment status were excluded from relative risk computations. Pregnant women receiving intermediate or late treatment with unknown pregnancy trimester (n=73) were also excluded.

b

Fisher exact test.