Relationship Between COVID-19 Lockdown and Epidemiology of Neonatal Sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We compared the hospital-based epidemiology of neonatal sepsis after the coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown (LD) versus historical epochs and the LD period versus phases of unlocking.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study was conducted in a level 3 neonatal unit. We compared neonates born in three 24-week periods-Group LD: 22 March 2020 to 5 September 2020-the reference group, Group pre-LD: 29 September 2019 to 14 March 2020 and Group temporally corresponding to LD in 2019 (corres-LD): 24 March 2019 to 7 September 2019. We also studied linear trends from LD phase 1.0 until Unlock 4.0. The key outcome was culture-positive sepsis.

Results

There were 1622, 2744 and 2700 subjects in groups LD, pre-LD and corres-LD, respectively. The incidence of any culture-po

SUBMITTER: Dutta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9083315 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature