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VERY PRETERM BIRTH RATES AT A REFERRAL TERTIARY NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

COVID-19 PANDEMİSİ SIRASINDA ÜÇÜNCÜ BASAMAK REFERANS BİR YENİDOĞAN YOĞUN BAKIM ÜNİTESİNDE ÇOK PRETERM DOĞUM ORANLARI

Gökçe Çıplak(Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Ankara Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi, Neonatoloji)0000-0002-5853-3665
Nazlı Tekeli(Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Ankara Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları)0000-0003-3693-1985
Eda Ozden Tokalıoglu(Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Ankara Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi, Perinatoloji)0000-0003-4901-0544
Dilek Sahin(Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Ankara Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi, Perinatoloji)0000-0001-8567-9048
Cüneyt Tayman(Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Ankara Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi, Neonatoloji)0000-0002-9970-0714
Hayriye Gözde Kanmaz Kutman(Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Ankara Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi, Neonatoloji)0000-0002-3177-9411
Pages
76–80
Publication Date
2025-08-29
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Although the number of preterm admission between the two periods seems to have no difference considering a limited cohort and short-term evaluation, these results should be supported by national data.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim: It is known that one of the important effects of viral diseases on pregnancy and fetus is preterm delivery.
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Key Findings & Data:We aim to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency of very preterm ( 0.01).
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Conclusion & Impact:Although the number of preterm admission between the two periods seems to have no difference considering a limited cohort and short-term evaluation, these results should be supported by national data.
🔬Design:Araştırma Makalesi
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⚙️Variables:COVID-19 · preterm doğum · pandemi

Abstract

Aim: It is known that one of the important effects of viral diseases on pregnancy and fetus is preterm delivery. We aim to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency of very preterm ( 0.01). Conclusion: Pandemic and its restrictions may have affected to outcomes of pregnancy by indirect mechanisms such as changes in daily activities, social and economic effects, benefiting of health services. Although the number of preterm admission between the two periods seems to have no difference considering a limited cohort and short-term evaluation, these results should be supported by national data.

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Amaç: Viral hastalıkların gebelik ve fetüs üzerine önemli etkilerinden birinin preterm doğum olduğu bilinmektedir. Amacımız COVID 19 pandemisinin Türkiye’de yoğun bir üçüncü basamak referans yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitesine 0.01). Sonuç: Pandemi ve getirmiş olduğu kısıtlamalar gebelik sonuçlarını; günlük aktivitelerde değişme, sosyal ve ekonomik etkiler, sağlık hizmetlerinden faydalanma gibi endirekt mekanizmalarla etkilemiş olabilir. Kısa dönemde ve kısıtlı bir kohort değerlendirildiğinde preterm yatış sayısı azalmış gibi görünse de bu bulguların ulusal veriler ile desteklenmesi gerekir.

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Çıplak, G., Tekeli, N., Tokalıoglu, E. O., Sahin, D., Tayman, C., Kutman, H. G. K. (2025). VERY PRETERM BIRTH RATES AT A REFERRAL TERTIARY NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 58 Sayı: 2, 76–80. https://doi.org/10.20492/aeahtd.1378815

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