Incidence of non-syndromic orofacial cleft during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

Heba Jafar Sabbagh Sultan Musaad AlghamdiFatma Dawood AbdulhameedReema Mahdi AlhussainNajla Sulaiman AlrejayeLatifa Yousef AlGudaibiBahauddin Ibraheem SalloutBadi Shoaib AlbaqawiEman Abdulbaset AlnamnakaniLougin Khalid BrekeitMona Tala AlsharifAli Bakr AlshaikhManal Ibrahim AlmalikAbdullah Jameel AburizizaNorah Suliman Al SoqihFaisal Ali AlqhtaniBushra Musaad AlghamdiAsalah Khalid AlraddadiAziza Johar AljoharOsama Adel BasriRana Abdullah Alamoudi

Published in: BMC public health (2023)

The national incidence of NSOFC in Saudi Arabia was 1.26/1000 live births with variation between phenotypes and regions in the country. In addition, to reporting Covid-19 infection prevalence and vaccine exposure among NSOFC's mothers, this study represents the first of its type to evaluate NSOFC prevalence in Saudi Arabia on a national level.

Keyphrases

risk factors
quality improvement
emergency department
adverse drug
gestational age
electronic health record
preterm birth
drug induced