Adapting obstetric and neonatal services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The provision of care to pregnant persons and neonates must continue through pandemics. To maintain quality of care, while minimizing physical contact during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-related Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic, hospitals and international organizations issued recommendations on maternity and neonatal care delivery and restructuring of clinical and academic services. Early in the pandemic, recommendations relied on expert opinion, and offered a one-size-fits-all set of guidelines. Our aim was to examine these recommendations and provide the rationale and context to guide clinicians, administrators, educators, and researchers, on how to adapt maternity and neonatal services during the pandemic, regardless of jurisdiction.

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SUBMITTER: Gold S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8840792 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature