Placental Tissue Destruction and Insufficiency from COVID-19 Causes Stillbirth and Neonatal Death from Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury: A Study of 68 Cases with SARS-CoV-2 Placentitis from 12 Countries
ABSTRACTContext.—. Perinatal death is an increasingly important problem as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, but the mechanism of death has been unclear.Objective.—. To evaluate the role of the placenta in causing stillbirth and neonatal death following maternal infection with COVID-19 and confirmed placental positivity for SARS-CoV-2.Design.—. Case-based retrospective clinico-pathological…
