Trends in fetal and neonatal outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current study evaluated the hypothesis that the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher stillbirth but lower neonatal mortality rates.

Methods

We compared three epochs: baseline (2016-2019, January-December, weeks 1-52, and 2020, January-February, weeks 1-8), initial pandemic (2020, March-December, weeks 9-52, and 2021, January-June, weeks 1-26), and delta pandemic (2021, July-September, weeks 27-39) periods, using Alabama Department of Public Health database including deliveries with stillbirths ≥20 weeks or live births ≥22 weeks gestation. The primary outcomes were stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates.

Results

A total of 325,036 deliveries were included (236,481 from baseline, 74,076 from initial pandemic, and 14,479 from delta pandemic period)

SUBMITTER: Shukla VV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9988197 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature