Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on health-care systems and potentially on pregnancy outcomes, but no systematic synthesis of evidence of this effect has been undertaken. We aimed to assess the collective evidence on the effects on maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes of the pandemic.

Methods

We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the effects of the pandemic on maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes. We searched MEDLINE and Embase in accordance with PRISMA guidelines, from Jan 1, 2020, to Jan 8, 2021, for case-control studies, cohort studies, and brief reports comparing maternal and perinatal mortality, maternal morbidity, pregnancy complications, and intrapartum and neonatal outcomes before and during the pandemic. We also pla

SUBMITTER: Chmielewska B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8012052 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature