Trends in Caesarean Section Rate According to Robson Group Classification Among Pregnant Women with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Single-Center Large Cohort Study in Italy

Overview

Journal J Clin Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2022 Nov 11

PMID 36362731

Authors

Angelo Sirico

Luigi Carbone

Luisa Avino

Cira Buonfantino

Maria Chiara De Angelis

Marco Di Cresce

Annamaria Fabozzi

Francesco Paolo Improda

Antonietta Legnante

Carla Riccardi

Romina Santoro

Roberta Vallone

Brunella Zizolfi

Antonio Riccardo Buonomo

Ivan Gentile

Serena Salome

Francesco Raimondi

Giuseppe Bifulco

Maurizio Guida

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Abstract

Background: Since there is no available data on temporal trends of caesarean section (CS) rates in pregnant women with COVID-19 through the pandemic, we aimed to analyze the trends in caesarean section rate in a large cohort of pregnant women with COVID-19, according to the Robson Ten Group Classification System of deliveries.

Methods: We prospectively enrolled pregnant women with a diagnosis of COVID-19 who delivered in our center between March 2020 and November 2021. Deliveries were classified, according to the Robson group classification, and according to three time periods: (1) deliveries from March 2020 to December 2020; (2) deliveries from January 2021 to April 2021; (3) deliveries from May 2021 to November 2021. We compared pregnancy characteristics and incidence of caesarean section, according to the Robson category in the total population, and according to the three time periods.

Results: We included 457 patients matching the inclusion criteria in our analysis. We found that overall CS rate significantly decreased over time from period 1 to period 3 (152/222, 68.5% vs. 81/134, 60.4% vs. 58/101, 57.4%, χ = 4.261, = 0.039). CS rate significantly decreased over time in Robson category 1 (48/80, 60% vs. 27/47,57.4% vs. 8/24, 33.3%, χ = 4.097, = 0.043) and Robson category 3 (13/42, 31% vs. 6/33, 18.2% vs. 2/22, 9.1%, χ = 4.335, = 0.037). We also found that the incidence of induction of labor significantly increased over time (8/222, 3.6% vs. 12/134, 9% vs. 11/101, 10.9%, χ = 7.245, = 0.027).

Conclusion: Our data provide an overview of the temporal changes in the management and obstetric outcome of COVID-19 pregnant women through the pandemic, confirming that standards of obstetrical assistance for pregnancies complicated by SARS-CoV-2 infection improved over time.

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