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Course: Association of Preterm Birth Rate With COVID-19 Statewide Stay-at-Home Orders in Tennessee

CME Credits: 1.00

Released: 2021-03-15

Tennessee identified its first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on March 4, 2020. Statewide stay-at-home orders were announced on March 22 and expired on April 30. Recent studies have examined adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, the literature examining the association of stay-at-home orders in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with birth outcomes is sparse. Infants born preterm (less than 37 weeks’ gestation) generally have higher morbidity and mortality risks than infants born at term (37 weeks’ gestation or more). We examined the odds of preterm birth in Tennessee during the 2020 stay-at-home order compared with the same periods in 2015 to 2019.


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