Trends in fetal and neonatal outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama.
Vivek Vishwanath ShuklaA K M Fazlur RahmanXuejun ShenAllison BlackNitin AroraC Vivek LalEdward F BellArie NakhmaniChengcui ZhangNamasivayam AmbalavananWaldemar A CarloPublished in: Pediatric research (2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic could have resulted in changes in fetal and neonatal outcomes. However, only a few population-based studies have compared the risk of fetal and neonatal mortality in the pandemic period to the baseline period. This population-based study identifies the changes in fetal and neonatal outcomes during the initial and delta COVID-19 pandemic period as compared to the baseline period. The current study shows that stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates were not significantly different in the initial and delta COVID-19 pandemic periods as compared to the baseline period.