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. 2022 Feb;91(3):477-479.
doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01513-7. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Neonatal outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City

Felix Richter #  1   2 , Arielle S Strasser #  1   2 , Mayte Suarez-Farinas  1 , Shan Zhao  2   3 , Girish N Nadkarni  2   4   5 , Ethylin Wang Jabs  1   6 , Katherine Guttmann  7 , Benjamin S Glicksberg  8   9
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Neonatal outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City

Felix Richter et al. Pediatr Res. 2022 Feb.
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The authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Comparable changes to previous years in preterm birth and NICU admission rates at the Mount Sinai Hospital after New York City (NYC) implemented lockdown measures.
a Change in the percent of preterm births (GA < 37 weeks) (top panel) and NICU admissions (bottom panel) in the 3 months before and after the implementation of COVID-19 lockdown measures (March 16, 2020), compared to those of the same time periods in 2012–2019. b Results of the difference-in-difference (DiD) logistic regression that compared the odds ratios (ORs) in 2020 to those in 2012–2019. ORs represent changes in neonatal outcomes after lockdown measures. We observed PDiD > 0.05 for all time windows, indicating that changes in both neonatal outcomes were comparable in 2020 to the same time periods in prior years. OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval (lower-upper), βDID DiD coefficient, PDID p value of the DiD coefficient.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Statistically significant reduction in preterm birth and NICU admission rates after the initiation of NYC phase one reopening compared to 2012–2019.
a Change in the percent of preterm births (top panel) and NICU admissions (bottom panel) in the 2.75 months before and after NYC phase one reopening (June 8, 2020), compared to those of the same time periods in 2012–2019. b Results of the difference-in-difference (DiD) logistic regression that compared the odds ratios (ORs) in 2020 to those in 2012–2019. ORs represent changes in neonatal outcomes after reopening. We observed βDID < 0 and PDiD < 0.05 in preterm birth rates for all time windows, and the largest time window for NICU admissions, indicating that both neonatal outcomes decreased significantly after reopening when compared to same time periods in prior years. OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval (lower-upper), βDID DiD coefficient, PDID p value of the DiD coefficient.
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