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Thromboembolic events in pregnant and puerperal women after COVID‐19 lockdowns: A retrospective cohort study
- Source :
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 155:95-100
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To explore the indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patterns of pregnancy-related venous thromboembolism (VTE) events, mediated by population mobility restrictions during lockdown periods. METHODS: Pregnancy-related VTE hospitalizations were identified through a code-targeted search of the Hadassah Medical Center's computerized database. A manual analysis of relevant medical records was performed, and cases diagnosed throughout the year 2020 were compared to those diagnosed during 2019 and 2018. Statistical analyses studied obstetrical outcomes, as well as the extent and treatment of VTE events during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to those of preceding years, stratified by pre-, intra-, and post-lockdown periods. RESULTS: The incidence of pregnancy-related thromboembolic events during 2020 was 0.16% of all deliveries, significantly higher than in 2018 and 2019 (0.06% and 0.1%, respectively; P
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Geographic mobility
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
Pandemics
Retrospective Studies
Venous Thrombosis
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Incidence
Medical record
Incidence (epidemiology)
COVID-19
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Retrospective cohort study
Venous Thromboembolism
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Communicable Disease Control
Emergency medicine
Female
business
Venous thromboembolism
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18793479 and 00207292
- Volume :
- 155
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....76dfb0854d43cec7bcff9ee773d9dcc7
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13777