COVID-19 Vaccination in the First Trimester and Major Structural Birth Defects Among Live Births
Kharbanda E, DeSilva M, Lipkind H, Romitti P, Zhu J, Vesco K, Boyce T, Daley M, Fuller C, Getahun D, Jackson L, Williams J, Zerbo O, Weintraub E, Vazquez-Benitez G. COVID-19 Vaccination in the First Trimester and Major Structural Birth Defects Among Live Births. JAMA Pediatrics 2024, 178: 823-829. PMID: 38949821, PMCID: PMC11217887, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.1917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStructural birth defectsLive-born infantsFirst-trimesterBirth defectsCOVID-19 vaccineLive birthsRetrospective cohort study of singleton pregnanciesStudy of singleton pregnanciesVaccine exposureMessenger RNA COVID-19 vaccineMessenger RNAFirst-trimester vaccinationMRNA COVID-19 vaccinePrevent pregnancy complicationsRetrospective cohort studyStabilized inverse probability weightsElectronic health dataNeural tube defectsMedical record reviewMultisite cohort studyLMP dateVaccine Safety DatalinkCOVID-19 vaccine dosesSingleton pregnanciesEligible pregnanciesObstetric Complications and Birth Outcomes After Antenatal Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination
Vesco K, Denoble A, Lipkind H, Kharbanda E, DeSilva M, Daley M, Getahun D, Zerbo O, Naleway A, Jackson L, Williams J, Boyce T, Fuller C, Weintraub E, Vazquez-Benitez G. Obstetric Complications and Birth Outcomes After Antenatal Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2024, 143: 794-802. PMID: 38626447, PMCID: PMC11090513, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000005583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall-for-gestational ageMessenger RNA COVID-19 vaccineGestational diabetes mellitusRisk of adverse pregnancy outcomesAdverse pregnancy outcomesPreterm birthGestational hypertensionAdjusted hazard ratiosCOVID-19 vaccine dosesPregnancy outcomesCOVID-19 vaccineAssociated with small-for-gestational ageIncreased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomesVaccine doseRisk of preterm birthMessenger RNARetrospective cohort study of individualsMRNA COVID-19 vaccineWeeks of gestationRetrospective cohort studyHistory of COVID-19Cohort study of individualsVaccine Safety DatalinkSingleton pregnanciesUnexposed pregnancies