| Literature DB >> 34342119 |
Orhan Sahin1, Taner Yildirmak2, Serap Karacalar3, Emine Aydın1, Mehmet Ali Ciftci1, Helin Bagci1, Sukran Yildirim4, Cagdas Emeklioglu1, Burcu Gulsah Balci1, Simten Genc1, Basak Cingillioglu1, Veli Mihmanli1, Asma Khalil5, Erkan Kalafat6,7.
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate the clinical factors associated with false-negative RT-PCR results and to report the outcome of a cohort of pregnant women with COVID-19.Entities:
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34342119 PMCID: PMC8420588 DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.14670
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Clin Pract ISSN: 1368-5031 Impact factor: 3.149
FIGURE 1Study of flow chart
Maternal, pregnancy characteristics of women with an initial RT‐PCR positive and clinical diagnosis of COVID‐19
| RT‐PCR diagnosis (n = 24) | Clinical diagnosis (n = 32) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age in years, median (IQR) | 27.0 (25.7‐29.2) | 27.5 (23.7‐33.0) | .771 |
| BMI in kg/m2, mean (SD) | 27.9 (2.42) | 26.8 (2.72) | .116 |
| Obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) | 5 (20.8) | 3 (9.3) | .225 |
| Multiparous, n (%) | 21 (87.5) | 22 (68.7) | .100 |
| Smoker, n (%) | 2 (8.3) | 4 (12.5) | .617 |
| Symptoms (subjective complaints), n (%) | |||
| Cough | 10 (41.7) | 9 (28.1) | .289 |
| Fever or chills | 10 (41.7) | 10 (31.2) | .420 |
| Dyspnoea, shortness of breath | 12 (50.0) | 15 (46.8) | .816 |
| Fatigue | 11 (45.8) | 14 (43.7) | .876 |
| Diarrhoea | 2 (8.3) | 1 (3.1) | .391 |
| Loss of taste or smell | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.2) | .603 |
| Family member with positive RT‐PCR for COVID‐19 | 12 (50.0) | 6 (18.7) |
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| Body temperature in Celsius, median (IQR) | 36.8 (36.5‐37.1) | 36.8 (36.5‐37.1) | .841 |
| Normal, n (%) | 21 (87.5) | 29 (90.6) | .816 |
| Sub febrile, n (%) | 2 (8.3) | 1 (3.1) | |
| Fever, n (%) | 1 (4.2) | 2 (6.3) | |
| Heart rate in beats per minute, median (IQR) | 80.0 (77.5‐84.5) | 79.0 (74.0‐88.0) | .720 |
| Tachycardia (>100 bpm), n (%) | 2 (8.3) | 4 (12.5) | .617 |
| Gestational age at admission, n (%) | |||
| <14 weeks | 5 (20.8) | 6 (18.7) | .999 |
| 14‐28 weeks | 7 (29.2) | 10 (31.2) | |
| >28 weeks | 12 (50.0) | 16 (50.0) | |
| Symptom to first PCR test in days, median (IQR) | 2.0 (0.0‐4.5) | 3.0 (2.0‐6.0) |
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| Follow‐up with antibody test after discharge, n (%) | |||
| Immunoglobulin M positive | 16/16 (100.0) | 29/19 (65.5) |
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| No follow‐up | 8 (33.3) | 3 (9.3) | |
Quantitative variables are shown as mean (standard deviation). Qualitative variables are shown as absolute number (percentage). Bold values indicates statistical significant values.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; RT‐PCR, reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction; SD, standard deviation.
Diagnostic accuracy of PCR testing in pregnant women with serology data (n = 43, antikor positive patients)
| Predictive accuracy parameter | Value (95% Confidence Interval) |
|---|---|
| Sensitivity | 45.71 (28.83‐63.35) |
| Specificity | 50.0 (27.20‐72.8) |
| Positive Likelihood Ratio | 0.91 (0.52‐1.61) |
| Negative Likelihood ratio | 1.09 (0.64‐1.85) |
All values represent percentages.
Factors associated with false‐negative RT‐PCR
| Risk ratio (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|
| Maternal age >35 years | 0.92 (0.06‐2.83) | .925 |
| Obesity | 1.5 (0.44‐3.38) | .395 |
| Smoker | 0.88 (0.35‐4.57) | .833 |
| Gestational age at assessment, third trimester | 1.08 (0.43‐2.53) | .861 |
| Fever | 1.11 (0.41‐2.57) | .812 |
| Dyspnoea | 0.38 (0.14‐0.89) |
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| Cough | 0.80 (0.29‐1.88) | .619 |
| Family member with confirmed COVID‐19 | 1.25 (0.47‐2.87) | .609 |
| Symptom to first RT‐PCR test ≥1 week | 2.72 (1.14‐5.40) |
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Bold values indicates parameters predict of false‐negative RT‐PCR.
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval, RT‐PCR, reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction.
Log‐binomial generalised linear regression.
FIGURE 2The receiver operating characteristics curve for predicting false‐negative PCR results on admission. Increasing time interval from symptom onset to testing (OR 9.02, 95% CI: 1.04‐203.2) and lack of dyspnoea (OR 4.43, 95% CI: 1.05‐21.5) were associated with false‐negative PCR results in the multivariable model. The area under the curve of the model was 0.73 (95% CI 0.57‐0.89)
Treatments and clinical outcomes of laboratory‐confirmed COVID‐19 in pregnancy
| SARS‐CoV‐2 RT‐PCR positive or RT‐PCR negative and Ig M positive (n = 43) | |
|---|---|
| Maternal age in years, mean (SD) | 27.7 (4.95) |
| <20 | 2 (4.6) |
| 20‐35 | 39 (90.6) |
| 35‐40 | 2 (4.6) |
| Maternal comorbidities, n (%) | |
| Systemic lupus | 1 (2.3) |
| Diabetes | 2 (4.6) |
| Arrhythmia | 1 (2.3) |
| Epilepsy | 1 (2.3) |
| BMI in kg/m2, mean (SD) | 27.9 (2.5) |
| Obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2), n (%) | 8 (18.6) |
| Gestational age at admission, n (%) | |
| <14 weeks | 9 (20.9) |
| 14‐28 weeks | 19 (44.1) |
| >28 weeks | 15 (34.8) |
| RT‐PCR positive, n (%) | 24 (55.8) |
| Immunoglobulin M positive, n (%) | 33 (76.7) |
| Gestational age at admission, median (IQR) | 27.0 (16.0‐32.0) |
| Duration of hospitalisation, median (IQR) | 7.0 (5.0‐10.0) |
| Readmission, n (%) | 1 (2.3) |
| Respiratory support, n (%) | |
| Nasal oxygen | 12 (27.9) |
| Mechanical ventilation | 2 (4.6) |
| Intensive care unit admission, n (%) | 2 (4.6) |
| Medical treatments received (any), n (%) | 42 (97.6) |
| Oseltamivir | 7 (16.2) |
| Hydroxychloroquine | 16 (37.2) |
| Lopinavir/ritonavir | 34 (79.0) |
| Favipiravir | 2 (4.6) |
| LMWH use, n (%) | 28 (65.1) |
| Laboratory findings, n (%) | |
| Elevated CRP | 36/43 (83.7) |
| Lymphopenia (absolute count<1.1) (103/μL) | 13/43 (30.2%) |
| Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio | 3.7 (2.5‐5.5) |
| Elevated transaminases | 6 /43 (13.9%) |
| Elevated creatinine (>1 mg/dL) | 1/43 (2.3) |
| Time from hospital admission to final follow‐up in days, median (IQR) | 37.0 (18.0‐43.0) |
| Maternal death, n (%) | 0 (0.0) |
| Complications in patients below 20 weeks, n (%) | 15/43 (34.8) |
| Threatened abortion | 2/15 (13.3) |
| Early pregnancy loss | 1/15 (6.6) |
| Pregnancy termination (maternal request) | 1/15 (6.6) |
| Complications above in patients above 20 weeks, n (%) | 28/43 (65.1) |
| Severe preeclampsia | 3/28 (10.7) |
| Cholestasis | 1/28 (3.5) |
| Spontaneous preterm delivery (<37 weeks) | 1/11 (9.0) |
| Iatrogenic preterm delivery (<37 weeks) | 3/11 (27.2) |
| Delivered | 11/28 (39.2) |
| Stillbirth | 1/12 (8.3) |
| Neonatal death | 1/ 12 (8.3) |
| Neonatal PCR positivity | 0/12 |
Quantitative variables are shown as mean (standard deviation). Qualitative variables are shown as absolute number (percentage), N, normal range value.