Cesarean section rate and outcomes during and before the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
George Uchenna ElejeEmmanuel Onyebuchi UgwuJoseph Tochukwu EnebeChukwuemeka Chukwubuikem OkoroBoniface Chukwuneme OkpalaNnanyelugo Chima EzeoraEmeka Ifeanyi IloghaluChidebe Christian AnikweChigozie Geoffrey OkaforPolycarp Uchenna AguEmeka Philip IgbodikeIffiyeosuo Dennis AkeKingsley Emeka EkwuaziArinze Anthony OnwuegbunaOsita Samuel UmeononihuOnyedika Promise AnaeduDavid Chibuike IkwukaHenry Ifeanyi NwaolisaChukwuemeka Chidindu NjokuChidinma Patricia NwankwoEkene Agatha EmekaLydia Ijeoma ElejeKenechi Miracle AdinnuChinelo Onuegbuna OkoyeAngela Ogechukwu UgwuEthel Oluchukwu NwachukwuSunday Gabriel MbaEziamaka Pauline EzenkweleUchenna Elizabeth OkoyeChika Ifeoma OfiaeliGolibe Christian IkpezeLivinus Nnanyere OnahOdigonma Zinobia IkpezeToochukwu Benjamin EjikemeGerald Okanandu UdigweJoseph Ifeanyichukwu IkechebeluPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2022)
The overall C-section rate during the first wave of COVID-19 was significantly lower than the prepandemic period. There were higher rates of postdatism, fetal distress, emergency C-section, and postpartum anemia. Further studies on this changing C-section trend during the pandemic are needed.