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Miller K1, Kimberlin Dw2, Arora N1
1University of Alabama at School of Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Insights
The COVID-19 pandemic presented unique challenges for perinatal care, necessitating rapid data collection and collaborative studies. This summary reviews five studies that informed maternal and newborn health during the global health crisis.
Area of Science:
- Perinatal Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Public Health
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for perinatal care, impacting pregnant individuals, fetuses, and newborns.
- Clinicians needed to balance individual medical needs with the interdependent health of the maternal/newborn dyad.
- Rapid adaptation was crucial to ensure safe and effective care for at-risk and infected pregnant populations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize findings from five collaborative studies focused on perinatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- To highlight the diverse methodologies employed by these collaborative groups.
- To inform clinical practice regarding the management of pregnant individuals and newborns during a pandemic.
Main Methods:
- Formation of regional, national, and international collaborative groups.
- Utilization of existing healthcare structures and establishment of new partnerships.
- Development of practical approaches for rapid data collection on perinatal outcomes.
Main Results:
- Collaborative efforts successfully gathered essential perinatal data during the pandemic.
- Diverse data collection methods were employed across different studies.
- Findings from these studies provided critical insights to guide clinical decision-making.
Conclusions:
- Multicenter collaborations are vital for addressing complex public health challenges in perinatal medicine.
- Agile data collection strategies are essential for informing practice during emergent health crises.
- The summarized studies offer valuable lessons for future pandemic preparedness in maternal-newborn care.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic required perinatal clinicians to address the individual medical needs of the pregnant person and the fetus as well as the interdependent considerations of the maternal/newborn dyad. Regional, national and international collaborative groups utilized existing structures and in some cases, formed new partnerships to rapidly collect perinatal information. The urgent need to care for at-risk and infected pregnant persons required these groups to develop practical approaches to collect the data needed to safely inform practice. Here we will summarize the findings of five collaborative studies that leveraged differing methods to inform perinatal pandemic care.
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