Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal-fetal outcomes in a nonepidemic designated hospital: a retrospective study and clinical experience summary.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the changes in maternal-fetal outcomes in a nonepidemic designated hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study was conducted between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2021 on pregnant patients. The fixed-effects regression model was used to determine changes in birth outcomes and pregnancy-related complications between three periods with the pre-epidemic cohort as the control group. Logistic regression was applied to determine the odds ratio (OR) for binary outcomes.

Results

There were 15,261 births during the pre-epidemic period, and this number decreased by 15% and 23% to 12,980 and 11,736 in the first and second epidemic cohorts, respectively. The mean birth weight during the pre-epidemic period was 3319 which

SUBMITTER: Gao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481416 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature