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Changes in rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in the United States, 2019–2020
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2022
Source: J Perinatol. 42(5):617-623 -
Alternative Title:J Perinatol
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Description:OBJECTIVE:
Our objective was to assess differences in pregnancy outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the previous year.
STUDY DESIGN:
In a cross-sectional study of delivery hospitalizations in the Premier Healthcare Database Special COVID-19 Release, we assessed differences in selected maternal and pregnancy outcomes occurring April–December in 2019 and 2020 in the United States.
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Among 663,620 deliveries occurring in 2019 and 614,093 deliveries occurring in 2020, we observed an increase in in-hospital maternal death from 2019 to 2020, which was no longer statistically significant after excluding deliveries with a COVID-19 diagnosis. Intensive care unit admission and preterm birth decreased from 2019 to 2020. There was no difference in the prevalence of most other outcomes examined.
CONCLUSION:
The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and pregnancy outcomes remains to be understood. Most outcomes investigated experienced minimal change from 2019 to 2020.
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Pubmed ID:35169228
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8852860
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