ArticleInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics2022
Indirect impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on pregnancy and childbirth outcomes: A nine-month long experience from a university center in Lombardy.
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- Midwives' experiences of providing maternity care to women and families during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Italy.Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives · 2023Article
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- Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on glycemic levels during pregnancy: A retrospective analysis.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2023Article
- COVID-19 and Gestational Diabetes: The Role of Nutrition and Pharmacological Intervention in Preventing Adverse Outcomes.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Indirect impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on pregnancy and childbirth outcomes: A nine-month long experience from a university center in Lombardy.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the impact on perinatal health of changes in social policies and obstetric care implemented to curb SARS-CoV-2 transmission. However, robust data on the topic are lacking since most of the studies has examined only the first few months of the outbreak.
methodsA retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on uninfected and asymptomatically infected women giving birth between March and November 2020 and in the same time frame of 2019 at our tertiary care center in Lombardy, northern Italy. Perinatal outcomes were compared according to the year (2019 versus 2020) and to the trimester (March-May, June-August, September-November) of childbirth, corresponding to the three phases of the pandemic (first wave, deceleration, second wave) and covering a 9-month period.
resultsWe identified increased rates of gestational diabetes mellitus, spontaneous preterm birth, and neuraxial analgesia in 2020 versus 2019, with different temporal distributions: gestational diabetes mellitus and spontaneous preterm birth were more prevalent during the deceleration and the second wave phase, whereas epidural analgesia was more prevalent during the first wave.
conclusionBy assessing a prolonged time frame of the pandemic, we show that pandemic-related control measures, as applied in Lombardy, impacted relevant perinatal outcomes of women giving birth at our center.
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