Adapting obstetric and neonatal services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

• Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 119 - 16
• Main Authors: Gold, Shira, Clarfield, Lauren, Johnstone, Jennie, Diambomba, Yenge, Shah, Prakesh S., Whittle, Wendy, Abbasi, Nimrah, Arzola, Cristian, Ashraf, Rizwana, Biringer, Anne, Chitayat, David, Czikk, Marie, Forte, Milena, Franklin, Tracy, Jacobson, Michelle, Keunen, Johannes, Kingdom, John, Lapinsky, Stephen, MacKenzie, Joanne, Maxwell, Cynthia, Preisman, Mary, Ryan, Greg, Selk, Amanda, Sermer, Mathew, Silversides, Candice, Snelgrove, John, Watts, Nancy, Young, Beverly, De Castro, Charmaine, D’Souza, Rohan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 11.02.2022; BMC
• Subjects: Academic Medical Centers; Canada; Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration; Coronavirus; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - therapy; Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration; Disease transmission; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Inpatients; Maternal-Child Health Services - organization & administration; Medical students; Neonatal care; Newborn babies; Obstetrics; Organizational Policy; Outpatients; Pandemics; Perinatal Care; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - prevention & control; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - therapy; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2; Teams; Workforce planning; Canada; Quality improvement; Pandemics; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2; Neonatology; Simulation training; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Hospital restructuring; Perinatal care; Patient care planning; Ultrasonography; Medical education; Hospital planning; Maternity; Obstetrical; Obstetrics; Perinatology; Postnatal care; Anaesthesia; Pregnancy; Algorithms; Coronavirus; Residency training; Medical staff; Personnel management; Clinical protocols; Health planning guidelines; Ambulatory care

The provision of care to pregnant persons and neonates must continue through pandemics. To maintain quality of care, while minimizing physical contact during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-related Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic, hospitals and international organizations issued recommendat...