A call for precision in coronavirus disease case reporting: a crucial step more important now than ever

Conclusions sections that “severe COVID-19 occurred in 15% of pregnant patients,” a very novel finding. However, in further reviewing their methodology, it is clear that severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases (n=6) came from a pool of pregna nt patients among hospitals which “have 34,000 deliveries annually,” abstracted over 87 days. Thus, the expected denominator would be something in the order of 8104 deliveries in this pool during the study period.
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editors Source Type: research