Review Article

Possible Roles of Proinflammatory and Chemoattractive Cytokines Produced by Human Fetal Membrane Cells in the Pathology of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated with Influenza Virus Infection

Table 2

Number of deliveries, gestational age, mode of delivery, and neonatal outcome in pregnancies affected by 2009 H1N1 influenza.

PapersNo. of deliveriesProportion of preterm deliveriesProportion of cesarean deliveriesFetal/neonatal survival

United States of America

CDC, 2010 [32]95/9 (56%)4/9 (44%)1 stillbirth, 1 neonatal death

Creanga et al., 2010 [17]22 while ill
22 after recovery
6/44 (14%)
While ill: 3/22 (2 in women with severe disease)
After recovery: 3/22
While ill: 11/22 (50%)
After recovery: 7/22 (32%)
2 neonatal deaths

Jamieson et al., 2009 [21]66/6 (100%)6/6 (100%; 5 in cases with maternal death)1 PROM

Louie et al., 2010 [29]353/35 (9%) second trimester (25–28 weeks) 32/35 (91%) third trimester (>28 weeks)At least 9, including 4 in ICU11 NICU admissions

Miller et al., 2010 [33]76/7 (86%)4/7 (57%)2 spontaneous abortion

Siston et al., 2010 [30]16951/169 (30%)109/188 (58%)

Australia

ANZIC, 2010 [15]5922/60 (36.7%)
11 (32–36 weeks)
11 (20–31 weeks)
While ill: 13/14 (93%) in ICU
After recovery: 6/23 (26%)
4 stillbirths, 3 infant deaths
32 NICU admissions

Hewagama et al., 2010 [34]156/15 (40.0%)2 stillbirths, 1 neonatal death due to prematurity

France (La Reunion)

17/115 (14.8%)13 PTL concomitant to flu, 1 PROM concomitant to flu, no adverse neonatal outcome
Gérardin et al., 2010 [19]1153 very preterm (<33 weeks)21/114 (18%)
14 late preterm (33–36 weeks)

United Kingdom

Yates et al., 2010 [31]15245/152 (30%)
(OR, 5.5; CI 3.7–8.3)
6 stillbirths

Pierce et al., 2011 [37]25659/251 (23.7%)
(aOR, 4.0; CI, 2.7–5.9; P = 0.046)
100/250 (40.0%)
(aOR, 2.3; CI, 1.7–3.2)
5 loss of pregnancy before 24 weeks, 7 stillbirths
(aOR, 4.2; CI, 1.4–12.4; P = 0.001), 3 neonatal death
(aOR, 5.6; CI, 0.5–64.2)
10 perinatal death (aOR, 5.7; CI, 2.2–15.1), 94 low birth weight (aOR, 3.2; CI, 2.1–4.9)

Singapore

Lim et al., 2010 [35]42*13/42 (31%)6/42 (14%)

Israel

Honarvar et al., 2010 [36]61/6 (17%)5/6 (83%)1 neonatal death due to H1N1 infection

India

Pramanick et al., 2011 [38]135/13 (38%)11/13 (85%)1 abortion

Japan

Nakai et al., 2011 [39]1815/178 (3%) (22–31 weeks)
21/178 (12%) (32–36 weeks)
3 abortions

Brazil

Figueiró-Filho et al., 2011 [40]319/31 (29%)19/31 (61%)3 neonatal death

Turkey

Özyer et al., 2011 [41]104/11 (36%)

Canada

Oluyomi-Obi et al., 2010 [42]61/6 (17%; ≤14 weeks)
1/6 (17%; 15–28 weeks)
4/6 (66%; ≥29 weeks)
3/6 (50%)1 PPROM, 1 PTL, 1 stillbirth, 3 NICU admission, 1 neonatal death

Abbreviations used: ANZIC: ANZIC Influenza Investigators and Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System; aOR: adjusted odds ratio; CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CI: 95% confidence interval; ICU: intensive care unit; NICU: neonatal ICU; OR: odds ratio; PROM: preterm rupture of membranes; PTL: preterm labor. Superscript: aNumber of deliveries of fetuses of potentially viable gestational age (definition varied by study). Symbol: *excluded 5 spontaneous and iatrogenic abortions; includes one set of twins; all of 6 were fatal cases; §127 with PCR-confirmed 2009 H1N1 influenza; confirmed by RT-PCR. This table is reproduced from Mosby et al. [14] with minor modifications, and the other reports from India, Japan, Brazil, Turkey, and Canada are added in the original table.