Objectives: There are limited data on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Poland on newborn health. The aim of the study is to show recent information on hospitalizations of newborns in Poland in the pre-pandemic and COVID-19 pandemic era. Methods: A retrospective, population-based study was conducted using data from hospital discharge records of patients hospitalized in 2017-2021. Results: The data on which the study was based consisted of a substantial number of 104,450 hospitalization records. Annual hospitalization rate was estimated to be 50.3-51.9 per 1,000 in 2017-2019, 56 per 1,000 in 2020 and it rose to 77.7 per 1,000 in 2021. In comparison to the pre-pandemic period, in the COVID-19 era, we observed significantly more hospitalization cases of newborns affected by maternal renal and urinary tract diseases ( p < 0.001), syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes ( p < 0.001), maternal complications of pregnancy ( p < 0.001). In the COVID-19 era, the prevalence of COVID-19 among newborns was 4.5 cases per 1,000 newborn hospitalizations. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak could significantly contribute to qualitative and quantitative changes in hospitalizations among newborns.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- pregnant women
- gestational age
- pregnancy outcomes
- electronic health record
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- cord blood
- birth weight
- urinary tract
- low birth weight
- big data
- systematic review
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- risk factors
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- physical activity
- newly diagnosed
- health information
- mass spectrometry
- emergency department
- climate change
- artificial intelligence