Trends in Maternal Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Alabama From 2016 to 2021

Vivek V Shukla; Akm Fazlur Rahman; Xuejun Shen; Allison Black; Arie Nakhmani; Namasivayam Ambalavanan; Waldemar A Carlo

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.2681

Trends in Maternal Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Alabama From 2016 to 2021

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e222681. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.2681.

Authors

Vivek V Shukla¹, Akm Fazlur Rahman², Xuejun Shen³, Allison Black¹, Arie Nakhmani⁴, Namasivayam Ambalavanan¹, Waldemar A Carlo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
² Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
³ Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery.
⁴ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in the risk of maternal morbidity and mortality in Alabama from 2016 to 2021.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alabama / epidemiology
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2