Pregnancies resulting in infants with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS-related complex.

34 children have been cared for at SUNY-Health Science Center at Brooklyn with diagnoses of either acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex. Reported here are descriptions of pregnancies resulting in these children. Few of the mothers (4 of 32) were symptomatic; however low birth weight (11 of 34) preterm birth (11-34) and premature rupture of membranes (10 of 32) were common. Of 33 patients whose mode of delivery was known cesarean section was used in 10 cases including 1 elective repeat. Among mothers who had children before their affected offspring the average birth weight of the older children significantly exceeded that of the affected (3241 +or- 508 versus 2712 +or- 722g P<.05). The affected childs age at onset of symptoms did not correlate with birth weight mode of delivery or status of membranes at the onet of labor. (authors modified)