ReviewSeminars in perinatology2020
A review of newborn outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Review in Seminars in perinatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04531618 (Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of Two Programs Supporting Early Infant Development Beginning in the Well Baby Nursery Through 4 Months of Age
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of COVID-19 on Pregnancy and Neonate's Vital Parameters: A Systematic Review.Journal of pregnancy · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnancy.International journal of medical sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection on late pregnancy: an analysis of clinical characteristics, pathology of placenta and outcomes in a case-control study.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
- Trimester of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection differentially predicts newborn size in the COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) cohort.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Do timing and severity of gestational COVID-19 impact perinatal and neonatal outcomes?Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Concordance of maternal and cord blood SARS-COV-2 immunoglobulin seropositivity after COVID-19 infection or vaccination in pregnancy.Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and Its Potential Impact on Children Born to Mothers Infected During Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Population-Level Study on Fetal Deaths and Preterm Births during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in the State of Michigan.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- Newborn Hospitalizations Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland: A Comparative Study Based on a National Hospital Registry.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Practice recommendations regarding parental presence in NICUs during pandemics caused by respiratory pathogens like COVID-19.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Delivery Increases IL-6 Concentration in Umbilical Cord Blood.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- General approach to delivery and resuscitation of newborn infants from mothers at risk or proven COVID-19.Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine · 2023Review
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- Hot fomentation of newborn fontanelles as an indigenous practice in Ghana: implications for policy and integrated community-based health care in Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.International journal for equity in health · 2023Review
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- The relationship between maternal health and neonatal low birth weight in Amman, Jordan: a case-control study.Journal of medicine and life · 2023Article
- Functional consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women, fetoplacental unit, and neonate.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease · 2023Review
- COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy: A review of maternal and infant benefits.Gynecology and obstetrics clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Breastfeeding Experience During COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia: Strengthening and Weakening Elements.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Article
- Characteristics and outcome of infants born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first three waves of COVID-19 pandemic in northern Iran: A prospective cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
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29 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread worldwide, it is crucial that we determine populations that are at-risk and develop appropriate clinical care policies to protect them. While several respiratory illnesses are known to seriously impact pregnant women and newborns, preliminary data on the novel SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus suggest that these groups are no more at-risk than the general population. Here, we review the available literature on newborns born to infected mothers and show that newborns of mothers with positive/suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection rarely acquire the disease or show adverse clinical outcomes. With this evidence in mind, it appears that strict postnatal care policies, including separating mothers and newborns, discouraging breastfeeding, and performing early bathing, may be more likely to adversely impact newborns than they are to reduce the low risk of maternal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 or the even lower risk of severe COVID-19 disease in otherwise healthy newborns.
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