1. Cesarean section rate and outcomes during and before the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
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George Uchenna Eleje, Emmanuel Onyebuchi Ugwu, Joseph Tochukwu Enebe, Chukwuemeka Chukwubuikem Okoro, Boniface Chukwuneme Okpala, Nnanyelugo Chima Ezeora, Emeka Ifeanyi Iloghalu, Chidebe Christian Anikwe, Chigozie Geoffrey Okafor, Polycarp Uchenna Agu, Emeka Philip Igbodike, Iffiyeosuo Dennis Ake, Kingsley Emeka Ekwuazi, Arinze Anthony Onwuegbuna, Osita Samuel Umeononihu, Onyedika Promise Anaedu, David Chibuike Ikwuka, Henry Ifeanyi Nwaolisa, Chukwuemeka Chidindu Njoku, Chidinma Patricia Nwankwo, Ekene Agatha Emeka, Lydia Ijeoma Eleje, Kenechi Miracle Adinnu, Chinelo Onuegbuna Okoye, Angela Ogechukwu Ugwu, Ethel Oluchukwu Nwachukwu, Sunday Gabriel Mba, Eziamaka Pauline Ezenkwele, Uchenna Elizabeth Okoye, Chika Ifeoma Ofiaeli, Golibe Christian Ikpeze, Livinus Nnanyere Onah, Odigonma Zinobia Ikpeze, Toochukwu Benjamin Ejikeme, Gerald Okanandu Udigwe, and Joseph Ifeanyichukwu Ikechebelu
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Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess how the current COVID-19 pandemic has affected cesarean section (C-section) rates, indications, and peripartum outcomes. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study that compared a 3-month rates of and indications for C-sections at three tertiary health care institutions in Nigeria before (October 2019–December 2019) and during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020–May 2020). Primary outcomes were C-section rate and indications between the two periods. Data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 IBM Corporation. Rates and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were used to quantify indications and peripartum outcomes and statistical significance was accepted when p value was
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- 2022
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