Naslov
Increase of stillbirths and unplanned out‐of‐hospital births during coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown and the Zagreb earthquake

Autori
Mikuš, Mislav ; Sokol Karadjole, Vesna ; Kalafatić, Držislav ; Orešković, Slavko ; Šarčević, Andrea

Izvornik
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (0001-6349) 100 (2021), 11; 2119-2120

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pismo, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Communicable Disease Control ; COVID-19 ; Earthquakes ; Female ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Stillbirth

Sažetak
We read the article regarding the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown on perinatal outcomes in an Icelandic population published in AOGS with great interest and would like to draw your attention to Croatian data in this context. Our study aimed to evaluate the effect of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic and the Zagreb earthquake on perinatal outcomes in the largest Croatian maternity clinic at the University Hospital Center Zagreb. The study was approved on April 7, 2021 by the local ethics committee (approval No. 21/152-1) and the requirement to obtain informed consent was waived. The analysis covered the data of all pregnant women with singleton gestation admitted during the pandemic period from February 25 to December 31, 2020 (study group) and the corresponding prepandemic period in 2019 (comparision group). The pandemic period also included three major earthquakes (two occured in Zagreb and one in Petrinja, Croatia) and over 100 subsequent minor earthquakes. We found a statistically significant two-fold increase in stillbirths, an increase of about five times in unplanned out-of-hospital births, and an increase in extremely premature (before 28+0 weeks of gestation) birth rate during the pandemic period.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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