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. 2021 Aug 20;129(3):493–499. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16858

Table 2.

Details of patients delivered during hospitalisation for COVID‐19

Patient number Severity of COVID‐19 Age (years) Gestational age at delivery (weeks + days) Hospital day at delivery Reason for delivery Mode of delivery Respiratory support at the time of delivery Comorbidities Complications Length of postpartum hospital stay (days) Lowest P/F ratio*
1** Moderate 33 34+5 2 Acute fatty liver of pregnancy, monochorionic‐diamniotic twins Caesarean None Obesity Postpartum endometritis, ileus 5 310
2** Moderate 33 38+4 2 Cholestasis of pregnancy Vaginal None Obesity, asthma, late latent syphilis None 6 329
3** Moderate 31 28+5 1 Pre‐eclampsia with severe features Caesarean None Obesity None 5 307
4 Critical 33 37+2 3 Labor, dichoronic‐diamniotic twins Caesarean None Obesity None 13 60
5 Critical 27 38+0 5 Labor Caesarean Nasal cannula None None 2 164
6 Critical 36 38+0 2 Labor Vaginal None Obesity, lupus, bipolar disorder Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, postpartum hemorrhage 5 96
7 Critical 27 38+1 2 Labor, non‐reassuring fetal heart rate tracing Caesarean None Obesity None 7 172
8 Critical 26 38+4 4 Labor Vaginal Nasal cannula None None 6 172
9 Critical 23 39+4 1 Labor Vaginal Nasal cannula Obesity None 2 246
10 Critical 39 39+2 1 Scheduled repeat caesarean Caesarean None Obesity None 4 216
11 Critical 32 36+2 2 Oligohydramnios Vaginal Nasal cannula Obesity None 3 181
12 Critical 23 33+3 7 Transaminitis, fetal growth restriction, oligohydramnios Vaginal Nasal cannula Obesity, asthma None 3 112
13 Critical 31 27+2 4 Respiratory failure Caesarean Mechanical ventilation Obesity Respiratory failure 39 55
14 Critical 31 31+0 4 Respiratory failure Caesarean Nasal cannula Obesity Respiratory failure 6 69
15*** Critical 18 31+5 8 Respiratory failure Caesarean Mechanical ventilation Obesity Respiratory failure, sepsis, renal failure, liver failure, trachea‐esophageal fistula 293 27
16 Critical 23 34+3 4 Respiratory failure Caesarean Nasal cannula Obesity Respiratory failure, deep vein thrombosis 3 132
17 Critical 38 35+5 2 Respiratory failure Caesarean Non‐invasive mechanical ventilation Obesity, severe asthma Respiratory failure 38 37
18 Critical 23 37+0 3 Respiratory failure Caesarean Nasal cannula Obesity Respiratory failure 5 106
19 Critical 35 38+0 2 COVID‐19 pneumonia Vaginal Non‐rebreather Obesity Respiratory failure 11 73
20 Critical 22 40+1 2 Respiratory failure, non‐reassuring fetal heart rate tracing Caesarean None None Respiratory failure 8 78
21***,**** Critical 39 27+1 3 Perimortem Caesarean None*** Obesity, diabetes Respiratory failure with self‐extubation and cardiopulmonary arrest 0 133

*pO2/FiO2 ratio.

**Not included in P/F ratio analysis as there was no adult respiratory distress syndrome.

***No respiratory support at the time of delivery secondary to self‐extubation.

****Not included in P/F ratio analysis due to perimortem caesarean delivery with no postpartum P/F ratios.