Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Barbara Chmielewska, MBBChir (Author), Imogen Barratt, BSc (Author), Rosemary Townsend, MRCOG (Author), Erkan Kalafat, MD (Author), Jan van der Meulen, ProfPhD (Author), Ipek Gurol-Urganci, PhD (Author), Pat O'Brien, FRCOG (Author), Edward Morris, FRCOG (Author), Tim Draycott, ProfFRCOG (Author), Shakila Thangaratinam, ProfMRCOG (Author), Kirsty Le Doare, ProfPhD (Author), Shamez Ladhani, ProfPhD (Author), Peter von Dadelszen, ProfFRCOG (Author), Laura Magee, ProfFRCOG (Author), Asma Khalil, ProfMRCOG (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on health-care systems and potentially on pregnancy outcomes, but no systematic synthesis of evidence of this effect has been undertaken. We aimed to assess the collective evidence on the effects on maternal, fetal, and neonatal ou...