Peripartum Outcomes Before and After Hurricane Harvey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between Hurricane Harvey landfall with maternal and neonatal morbidity.

Methods

Using an institutional perinatal database from two hospitals in Houston, Texas, women with nonanomalous singletons delivering after 24 weeks of gestation between August 2011 and June 2018 were included. To evaluate the possible association of hurricane landfall with pregnancy outcomes, gravid women delivering within 280 days (40 weeks of gestation) on or after August 25, 2017 (the day of hurricane landfall) were categorized as exposed, and women who delivered before August 25, 2017, were the reference group. Composite maternal morbidity included any of the following: hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, chorioamnionitis, endometritis, blood transfusion, perip

SUBMITTER: Mendez-Figueroa H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814565 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature