Alexandra Marina Jaster, Peter Wolfgang Gaidzik, Sven Schiermeier
{"title":"[Legal Compliance of Medical Information in the Case of a Relatively Indicated Secondary Caesarean Section in Obstetric Clinics in Germany - Part I: Status Quo-Survey].","authors":"Alexandra Marina Jaster, Peter Wolfgang Gaidzik, Sven Schiermeier","doi":"10.1055/a-2183-8841","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2183-8841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In order to guarantee the patient's right to self-determination, in the case of a relative indication for a secondary caesarean section the Supreme Court expects early information about this real treatment alternative and the patient's option to choose the delivery method. The aim of this study throughout Germany was to survey the status quo of legal compliance of the practice of providing information at all German obstetric clinics and a further comparison based on the clinic format.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All obstetric clinics in Germany were emailed within the context of an anonymous online study using a questionnaire developed on the basis of the BGH judgment of August 28, 2018 (AZ: VI ZR 509/17). Three questions had to be answered cumulatively with \"yes\" to affirm legal compliance. The responding clinics were divided into six groups based on their format (status as university hospital / other hospitals stratified by number of births per year).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>93 questionnaires were analyzed. 14 clinics (15.05%) met the requirements. Clinics with an annual number of births of 1,000-1,499 perform best in comparison.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is an urgent need for a secure, legally compliant information concept for everyday birth practice in German clinics.</p>","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49682946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimally Invasive Cesarean Section - Extraperitoneal Cesarean Section. The Outcomes of Applying to the Same Patient More than Once. Case Series.","authors":"Aytaj Jafarzade","doi":"10.1055/a-2215-3145","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2215-3145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Extraperitoneal caesarean section (EPCS) provides intraoperative and postoperative advantages to patients compared to transperitoneal (TPCS). Nevertheless, it is less preferred.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Extraperitoneal caesarean section (EPCS) is a type of caesarean section performed without entering the peritoneal cavity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study, EPCS was successfully performed again in patients who had previously undergone EPCS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This method, which reduces maternal mortality and health expenditures, can be performed more than once.</p>","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138804081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paula Winkler, Eva Cloppenburg, Axel Heep, Eduard Malik, Dörte Lüdders, Matthias Lange
{"title":"[Influence of Fetomaternal Risk Factors on Mortality and Morbidity in Extremely Preterm Infants].","authors":"Paula Winkler, Eva Cloppenburg, Axel Heep, Eduard Malik, Dörte Lüdders, Matthias Lange","doi":"10.1055/a-2198-9124","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2198-9124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The management of pregnant women at risk of preterm delivery poses a challenge to the interdisciplinary team. At the edge of viability, it is crucial to take into consideration maternal and fetal risk factors when determining individual counseling and therapeutic approaches.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>At a level 4 perinatal center, all preterm infants (PI) born in the years 2017 to 2020 who had a gestational age between 23<sup>0/7</sup> and 24<sup>6/7</sup> weeks and were cared for with a curative therapeutic approach were enrolled in a retrospective observational study. Divided into two groups (23<sup>0/7</sup>-23<sup>6/7</sup> and 24<sup>0/7</sup>-24<sup>6/7</sup> weeks of gestation), the PI were compared in terms of mortality and morbidity based on maternal and fetal risk factors. Thirteen risk factors and their prognostic relevance for survival were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>41 mothers with 48 PI were included. 9 neonates received primary palliative treatment and were excluded from the analyses. The survival rates between the two groups (n=21, n=27) showed no significant difference (66.7% versus 74.1%, p=0.750). A significantly higher mortality was observed in PI with an increased number of risk factors (p=0.004), the most severe of which were hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and preterm premature rupture of membranes. Data regarding morbidity showed no significant difference.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Data regarding mortality correlate with national findings. Observed morbidity in the study population was recorded. The prediction of probability of survival is more precise when risk factors are taken into consideration.</p>","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138804001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gunay Rzayeva, İbrahim Kale, Resul Arısoy, Murat Muhcu
{"title":"Evaluation of Fetal Breathing-Related Nasal Fluid Flow Doppler in the Third Trimester in Pregnant Women with Fetal Growth Restriction: Preliminary Observations.","authors":"Gunay Rzayeva, İbrahim Kale, Resul Arısoy, Murat Muhcu","doi":"10.1055/a-2271-1198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2271-1198","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the fetal breathing-related nasal fluid flow Doppler waveforms as an indicator of fetal respiratory function in fetuses diagnosed with fetal growth restriction (FGR) in the third trimester.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This prospective, non-interventional case-control study was conducted on 96 pregnant women, including 23 pregnant women diagnosed with FGR in the third trimester as the FGR group and 73 healthy pregnant women with fetuses appropriate for gestational age (AGA) as the control group. Fetal breathing-related nasal fluid flow Doppler was examined in the fetuses of the participants. Inspiration and expiration duration, inspiration and expiration peak velocity, total breathing duration, and number of fetal breaths per minute were calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both groups were similar in terms of the duration of inspiration, duration of expiration, and total breathing duration (p=0.463, p=0.711, p=0.520, respectively). Peak inspiratory velocity and peak expiratory velocity were significantly lower in the FGR group than in the control group, and the number of fetal breaths per minute was similar in both groups (p=0.027, p=0.012, p=0.768, respectively). When participants were regrouped into those whose newborn was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after birth and those who were not, all fetal nasal fluid flow Doppler parameters were similar in both groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the number of participants was too small to draw a definitive conclusion, FGR appears to be associated with a decrease in peak inspiratory and expiratory velocity. The clinical significance of changes in fetal breathing-related nasal fluid flow Doppler parameters in FGR is as yet unclear, and their use in clinical follow-up and predicting unfavorable perinatal outcomes are the subjects of future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140190189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Helmut J Kleinwechter, Katharina S Weber, Tatjana P Liedtke, Ute Schäfer-Graf, Tanja Groten, Mario Rüdiger, Ulrich Pecks
{"title":"COVID-19, Pregnancy, and Diabetes Mellitus.","authors":"Helmut J Kleinwechter, Katharina S Weber, Tatjana P Liedtke, Ute Schäfer-Graf, Tanja Groten, Mario Rüdiger, Ulrich Pecks","doi":"10.1055/a-2180-7715","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2180-7715","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the severe acute respiratory distress virus coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, many women were infected during their pregnancies. The SARS-CoV-2-induced coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has an impact on maternal health and pregnancy outcomes; peripartum and perinatal morbidity and mortality are increased. Pregnancy is considered a risk factor for severe COVID-19 course. Additional risk factors during pregnancy are diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and obesity. Systemic inflammation can lead to severe metabolic dysregulation with ketoacidosis. The endocrine pancreas is a target organ for SARS-CoV-2 and the fetal risk depends on inflammation of the placenta. Up to now there is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy leads to permanent diabetes in mothers or their offspring via triggering autoimmunity or beta cell destruction. The frequently observed increased prevalence of GDM compared to the years before the pandemic is most likely due to changed lifestyle during lockdown. Furthermore, severe COVID-19 may be associated with the development of GDM due to worsening of glucose tolerance. Vaccination with a mRNA vaccine is safe and highly effective to prevent infection and to reduce hospitalization. Registries support offering evidence-based recommendations on vaccination for pregnant women. Even with the current omicron virus variant, there are increased risks for symptomatic and unvaccinated pregnant women.</p>","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71427438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jens Hachenberg, Julia Guenther, Lena Steinkasserer, Lars Brodowski, Ansgard Lena Dueppers, Maria Delius, Loredana Delle Chiaie, Silvia Lobmaier, Marina Sourouni, Manuela F Richter, Jula Manz, Olaf Parchmann, Saskia Schmidt, Jennifer Winkler, Pia Werring, Katrina Kraft, Mirjam Kunze, Maike Manz, Christian Eichler, Viola Schaefer, Martin Berghaeuser, Dietmar Schlembach, Sven Seeger, Ute Schäfer-Graf, Ioannis Kyvernitakis, Michael K Bohlmann, Babette Ramsauer, Christine Angela Morfeld, Mario Ruediger, Ulrich Pecks, Constantin von Kaisenberg
{"title":"Evolution of Fetal Growth in Symptomatic Sars-Cov-2 Pregnancies.","authors":"Jens Hachenberg, Julia Guenther, Lena Steinkasserer, Lars Brodowski, Ansgard Lena Dueppers, Maria Delius, Loredana Delle Chiaie, Silvia Lobmaier, Marina Sourouni, Manuela F Richter, Jula Manz, Olaf Parchmann, Saskia Schmidt, Jennifer Winkler, Pia Werring, Katrina Kraft, Mirjam Kunze, Maike Manz, Christian Eichler, Viola Schaefer, Martin Berghaeuser, Dietmar Schlembach, Sven Seeger, Ute Schäfer-Graf, Ioannis Kyvernitakis, Michael K Bohlmann, Babette Ramsauer, Christine Angela Morfeld, Mario Ruediger, Ulrich Pecks, Constantin von Kaisenberg","doi":"10.1055/a-2224-2262","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2224-2262","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>SARS-CoV-2 is a viral disease with potentially devastating effects. Observational studies of pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2 report an increased risk for FGR. This study utilizes data from a prospective SARS-CoV-2 registry in pregnancy, investigating the progression of fetuses to fetal growth restriction (FGR) at birth following maternal SARS-CoV-2 and evaluating the hypothesis of whether the percentage of SGA at birth is increased after maternal SARS-CoV-2 taking into account the time interval between infection and birth.</p><p><strong>Materials & methods: </strong>CRONOS is a prospective German registry enrolling pregnant women with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection during their pregnancy. SARS-CoV-2 symptoms, pregnancy- and delivery-specific information were recorded. The data evaluated in this study range from March 2020 until August 2021. Women with SARS-CoV-2 were divided into three groups according to the time of infection/symptoms to delivery: Group I<2 weeks, Group II 2-4 weeks, and Group III>4 weeks. FGR was defined as estimated and/or birth weight<10% ile, appropriate for gestational age (AGA) was within 10 and 90%ile, and large for gestational age (LGA) was defined as fetal or neonatal weight>90%ile.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data for a total of 2,650 SARS-CoV-2-positive pregnant women were available. The analysis was restricted to symptomatic cases that delivered after 24+0 weeks of gestation. Excluding those cases with missing values for estimated fetal weight at time of infection and/or birth weight centile, 900 datasets remained for analyses. Group I consisted of 551 women, Group II of 112 women, and Group III of 237 women. The percentage of changes from AGA to FGR did not differ between groups. However, there was a significantly higher rate of large for gestational age (LGA) newborns at the time of birth compared to the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Group III (p=0.0024), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>FGR rates did not differ between symptomatic COVID infections occurring within 2 weeks and>4 weeks before birth. On the contrary, it presented a significant increase in LGA pregnancies in Group III. However, in this study population, an increase in the percentage of LGA may be attributed to pandemic measures and a reduction in daily activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139708019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Hofbauer, Holm Schneider, Sven Kehl, Heiko Reutter, Ulrich Pecks, Kristin Andresen, Patrick Morhart
{"title":"[SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy and Incidence of Congenital Malformations - is there a Correlation? Analysis of 8032 Pregnancies from the CRONOS Registry].","authors":"Anna Hofbauer, Holm Schneider, Sven Kehl, Heiko Reutter, Ulrich Pecks, Kristin Andresen, Patrick Morhart","doi":"10.1055/a-2213-1506","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2213-1506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Based on single case reports, the COVID-19 Related Obstetric and Neonatal Outcome Study (CRONOS) registry, sponsored by the German Society for Perinatal Medicine (DGPM), investigated the likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 infections of the mother in (early) pregnancy cause embryopathies and/or fetopathies.</p><p><strong>Material/methods: </strong>The CRONOS registry enrolled a total of 8032 women with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy at more than 130 participating hospitals from April 2020 to February 2023. Both maternal and fetal data were documented and the anonymized multicenter data were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 7142 fully documented pregnancies (including postnatal data), 140 showed congenital malformations. 8.57% of the mothers had had a SARS-CoV-2-infection in the 1st trimester and 36.43% in the 2nd trimester. In 66 cases with congenital malformations (47.14%), the malformation was only detected after the diagnosis of a maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection. The overall prevalence of congenital malformations in this cohort was 1.96%, compared to a prevalence of 2.39% reported in the EUROCAT (European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies) pre-pandemic registry between 2017-2019.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our multicenter data argue against a link between maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in early pregnancy and congenital malformation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139708016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nadine Mand, Franziska König, Ulrich Pecks, Corinna Nora Keil, Clara Backes, Matthias Hütten, Rolf Felix Maier, Mario Ruediger
{"title":"Long-Term Outcome of Neonates and Infants whose Mothers Tested Positive for SARS-CoV-2 during Pregnancy - a Pilot of the Post-CRONOS Project.","authors":"Nadine Mand, Franziska König, Ulrich Pecks, Corinna Nora Keil, Clara Backes, Matthias Hütten, Rolf Felix Maier, Mario Ruediger","doi":"10.1055/a-2213-9061","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2213-9061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Long-term effects on infants of mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy are increasingly discussed in the literature. Besides potential neurodevelopment impairments after intrauterine SARS-CoV-2 exposure, there might be differences in the postnatal pediatric care of those children, like the timing of preventive medical examinations (PME) or vaccinations. In this first national long-term follow-up study of women included in the CRONOS registry, we describe maternal impressions of their child´s development and the prevalence of regulatory disorders, and we analyze the timing of PMEs and vaccinations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>773 women who were enrolled between April 3, 2020, and August 24, 2021, in the CRONOS registry were eligible to be contacted by the study coordinators and asked to fill out a web-based questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>110/773 (14%) women completed the questionnaire. Their children were between the ages of 12 and 31 months (median 20 months). All mothers were satisfied with their child´s development, milestones were achieved in a timely fashion. The reported prevalence for excessive crying, sleeping, and feeding disorders was 11%, 18-32%, and 7%, respectively. PMEs were mostly not delayed, but only 54% of infants received their first vaccination within their first 60 days of life.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong> In summary, our exploratory findings suggest that developmental milestones in infancy are reached in time after maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy. However, there are effects on the implementation of PMEs and vaccinations. EINFüHRUNG: In der Literatur werden zunehmend potenzielle Langzeitfolgen für Säuglinge nach intrauteriner SARS-CoV-2-Exposition diskutiert. Neben möglichen Beeinträchtigungen der neurologischen Entwicklung können Unterschiede in der pädiatrischen postnatalen Betreuung bei diesen Kindern z. B. bei der Durchführung von Vorsorgeuntersuchungen (sog. U´s) oder Impfungen bestehen. In dieser ersten nationalen Langzeit-Follow-up-Studie aus dem CRONOS-Register beschreiben wir mütterliche Eindrücke zur Entwicklung ihres Kindes, sowie die Prävalenz von Regulationsstörungen. Wir analysieren den Zeitpunkt von U´s und Impfungen.</p><p><strong>Methoden: </strong>773 Frauen, die zwischen dem 03.04.2020 und dem 24.08.2021 in CRONOS aufgenommen wurden, wurden von den Studienkoordinatoren kontaktiert und gebeten, einen webbasierten Fragebogen auszufüllen.</p><p><strong>Ergebnisse: </strong>110/773 (14%) Frauen füllten den Fragebogen aus, ihre Kinder waren zwischen 12 und 31 Monate alt (Median 20 Monate). Alle Mütter waren mit der Entwicklung ihres Kindes zufrieden, Meilensteine der Entwicklung wurden zeitgerecht erreicht. Die berichtete Prävalenz für exzessives Schreien, Schlaf- und Fütterstörungen betrug 11%, 18-32% bzw. 7%. U´s wurden meist zeitgerecht durchgeführt, aber nur 54% der Säuglinge erhielten ihre erste Impfung innerhalb der erste","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139708020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Feline Wowretzko, Johanna Büchel, Anastasia Tihon, Achim Wöckel, Ulrich Stefenelli, Mira Pflanz, Ann Carolin Longardt, Kristin Andresen, Ulrich Pecks
{"title":"Prevalence and Obstetric Management Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peripartum SARS-CoV-2-Positive Women - an Analysis of the CRONOS Registry Data.","authors":"Feline Wowretzko, Johanna Büchel, Anastasia Tihon, Achim Wöckel, Ulrich Stefenelli, Mira Pflanz, Ann Carolin Longardt, Kristin Andresen, Ulrich Pecks","doi":"10.1055/a-2213-1836","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2213-1836","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The analysis of CRONOS data for this article presents the infection prevalence among parturients and subsequent changes in obstetric management over time in Germany. 2,184 women with peripartum SARS-CoV-2 infection (<14d before birth) were included. Monthly period prevalence was calculated using the number of affected women on the CRONOS registry relative to total monthly births in each hospital from March 2020 to May 2022 and compared to RKI data. Trends related to changes in obstetric management were calculated based on severity of illness. By June 2021, the obstetric population shows a discretely higher infection prevalence compared to the general population, falling below the RKI reported prevalence by October 2021. The overall rate of iatrogenic deliveries remains unchanged over time (p-value for trend=0.779). During wave 1 to 4, deliveries due to SARS-CoV-2 infection rose among moderately to severely ill women (p-value for trend 0.0000) and was increased compared to moderately ill women (p=0.001). We showed that comprehensive screening provides timely information on infection prevalence. Recruitment fatigue caused by higher clinician workload due to increased admissions and more cases with severe illness probably caused reduced prevalence reporting. Changes in obstetric management were related to COVID-19 symptom severity. A comprehensive national perinatal registry is needed to examine other areas of perinatal care in Germany.</p>","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139708022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Zum Themenschwerpunkt „Erfahrungen aus der Pandemie – ein datenbasierter Rückblick“.","authors":"Ulrich Pecks","doi":"10.1055/a-2227-5902","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2227-5902","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139708024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}