Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patients

Aim: to study the role of the hemostatic system in pretem delivery in pregnant women who have had COVID-19 in the gestation period from 14 to 16 weeks.Materials and Methods. A prospective single-center observational study was conducted by enrolling 63 pregnant women with verified COVID-19 at 14–16 w...

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Main Authors: M. G. Nikolaeva, A. V. Korchagina, A. P. Momot, E. V. Grigoreva
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author M. G. Nikolaeva
A. V. Korchagina
A. P. Momot
E. V. Grigoreva
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description Aim: to study the role of the hemostatic system in pretem delivery in pregnant women who have had COVID-19 in the gestation period from 14 to 16 weeks.Materials and Methods. A prospective single-center observational study was conducted by enrolling 63 pregnant women with verified COVID-19 at 14–16 weeks of gestation. The main group consisted of 37 patients with preterm birth (PB), comparison group – 26 patients labour activity that occurred at least at gestational age of 37 weeks. Clinical and anamnestic data and dynamic changes in fibrinogen and D-dimer level, activity of tissue factor (TF), tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), urokinase plasminogen activator (u-PA) were analyzed; thrombin generation assay (TGA) was performed.Results. It was found that severity of COVID-19 infection did not determine the timing of delivery that depended on patient comorbid condition. All PB observations (37 out of 63, 58.7 %) were caused by decompensated placental function manifested by acute obstetrical complications: increasing intrauterine fetal hypoxia (64.9 %) along with intrauterine growth retardation (51.4 %), severe preeclampsia (13.5 %) and premature abruption of the normally located placenta (5.0 %). In both study groups, COVID-19 experienced at 14–16 weeks of pregnancy was associated with coagulation and fibrinolytic imbalances. At the same time, at least 6 weeks post-COVID-19 infection, patients with PB had higher level of the “Peak thrombin” vs. comparison group (3050 vs. 2527 pmol/L; p = 0.0433). Also, patients with term vs. preterm delivery had TF activity decreased significantly: by 47.1% and 28.1%, respectively (p = 0.0546). Patients in preterm delivery group were characterized by fibrinolytic imbalance. At the first time point, suppressed fibrinolysis (PAI-1 level – 18.4 vs. 12.5 ng/ml in the comparison group; p = 0.0209) was concomitant with elevated level of u-PA (1.5 vs. 0.55 ng/ml in comparison group, p = 0.0015), which suggests a potential prolonged immunoinflammatory response in patients with PB. Magnitude of fibrinogen concentration and D-dimer level during post-COVID-19 follow-up study was within the reference values specific to gestational age.Conclusion. A significant increase in coagulation potential was found and verified by elevated activity of tissue factor and potential to thrombin generation in COVID-19 convalescent patients. In the case of preterm delivery, there was an imbalance in fibrinolysis system revealed by decreased blood fibrinolytic activity elevating along with increasing gestational age.
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spelling doaj-art-596f7b8f29f44295a4e57accea0c692c2025-08-20T02:53:55ZrusIRBIS LLCАкушерство, гинекология и репродукция2313-73472500-31942024-03-01181233410.17749/2313-7347/ob.gyn.rep.2023.459842Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patientsM. G. Nikolaeva0A. V. Korchagina1A. P. Momot2E. V. Grigoreva3Altai State Medical University, Health Ministry of Russian Federation; Altay Branch of National Medical Research Center for Hematology, Health Ministry of Russian FederationAltai State Medical University, Health Ministry of Russian Federation; Altai Regional Clinical Perinatal CenterAltai State Medical University, Health Ministry of Russian Federation; Altay Branch of National Medical Research Center for Hematology, Health Ministry of Russian FederationAltai State Medical University, Health Ministry of Russian Federation; Altai Regional Clinical HospitalAim: to study the role of the hemostatic system in pretem delivery in pregnant women who have had COVID-19 in the gestation period from 14 to 16 weeks.Materials and Methods. A prospective single-center observational study was conducted by enrolling 63 pregnant women with verified COVID-19 at 14–16 weeks of gestation. The main group consisted of 37 patients with preterm birth (PB), comparison group – 26 patients labour activity that occurred at least at gestational age of 37 weeks. Clinical and anamnestic data and dynamic changes in fibrinogen and D-dimer level, activity of tissue factor (TF), tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), urokinase plasminogen activator (u-PA) were analyzed; thrombin generation assay (TGA) was performed.Results. It was found that severity of COVID-19 infection did not determine the timing of delivery that depended on patient comorbid condition. All PB observations (37 out of 63, 58.7 %) were caused by decompensated placental function manifested by acute obstetrical complications: increasing intrauterine fetal hypoxia (64.9 %) along with intrauterine growth retardation (51.4 %), severe preeclampsia (13.5 %) and premature abruption of the normally located placenta (5.0 %). In both study groups, COVID-19 experienced at 14–16 weeks of pregnancy was associated with coagulation and fibrinolytic imbalances. At the same time, at least 6 weeks post-COVID-19 infection, patients with PB had higher level of the “Peak thrombin” vs. comparison group (3050 vs. 2527 pmol/L; p = 0.0433). Also, patients with term vs. preterm delivery had TF activity decreased significantly: by 47.1% and 28.1%, respectively (p = 0.0546). Patients in preterm delivery group were characterized by fibrinolytic imbalance. At the first time point, suppressed fibrinolysis (PAI-1 level – 18.4 vs. 12.5 ng/ml in the comparison group; p = 0.0209) was concomitant with elevated level of u-PA (1.5 vs. 0.55 ng/ml in comparison group, p = 0.0015), which suggests a potential prolonged immunoinflammatory response in patients with PB. Magnitude of fibrinogen concentration and D-dimer level during post-COVID-19 follow-up study was within the reference values specific to gestational age.Conclusion. A significant increase in coagulation potential was found and verified by elevated activity of tissue factor and potential to thrombin generation in COVID-19 convalescent patients. In the case of preterm delivery, there was an imbalance in fibrinolysis system revealed by decreased blood fibrinolytic activity elevating along with increasing gestational age.https://www.gynecology.su/jour/article/view/1842covid-19 infectionpreterm birthtissue factortfthrombin generation assaytgaurokinase plasminogen activatoru-paplasminogen activator inhibitor-1pai-1
spellingShingle M. G. Nikolaeva
A. V. Korchagina
A. P. Momot
E. V. Grigoreva
Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patients
Акушерство, гинекология и репродукция
covid-19 infection
preterm birth
tissue factor
tf
thrombin generation assay
tga
urokinase plasminogen activator
u-pa
plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
pai-1
title Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patients
title_full Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patients
title_fullStr Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patients
title_full_unstemmed Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patients
title_short Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patients
title_sort hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in covid 19 convalescent patients
topic covid-19 infection
preterm birth
tissue factor
tf
thrombin generation assay
tga
urokinase plasminogen activator
u-pa
plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
pai-1
url https://www.gynecology.su/jour/article/view/1842
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