Preserved prenatal lung growth assessed by fetal MRI in the omicron-dominated phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Gloria BiecheleVanessa KoliogiannisPhilippe RennolletTobias PresterEnrico SchulzThomas KolbenMagdalena JegenChristoph HübenerUwe HasbargenAndreas FlemmerOlaf DietrichTanja BurkardRegina SchinnerJulien DinkelMaximilian MuenchhoffSusan HintzMaria DeliusSven MahnerJens RickeAnne HilgendorffSophia Stoecklein

Published in: European radiology (2024)

Preserved fetal lung volume following mild maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during the omicron-dominated phase contrasts with previous findings of reduced volume in unvaccinated pregnancies during the alpha-dominated pandemic phase. These observations might reflect tropism- as well as immunity-related effects.

Keyphrases

sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus disease
magnetic resonance imaging
pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes
preterm birth
body mass index
gestational age
weight loss