{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,16]],"date-time":"2026-05-16T15:42:51Z","timestamp":1778946171543,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Georg Thieme Verlag KG","issue":"10","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Am J Perinatol"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,8]]},"abstract":"\n Objective\u2003Since its emergence in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the novel coronavirus that causes novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread globally. Within the United States, some of the most affected regions have been New York, and Northern New Jersey. Our objective is to describe the impact of COVID-19 in a large delivery service in Northern New Jersey, including its effects on labor and delivery (L&D), the newborn nursery, and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).<\/jats:p>\n Materials and Methods\u2003Between April 21, 2020 and May 5, 2020, a total of 78 mothers (3.6% of deliveries) were identified by screening history or examination to either be COVID-19 positive or possible positives (persons under investigation). Of the mothers who were tested after admission to L&D, 28% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.<\/jats:p>\n Discussion\u2003Isolation between mother and infant was recommended in 62 cases, either because the mother was positive for SARS-CoV-2 or because the test was still pending. Fifty-four families (87%) agreed to isolation and separation. The majority of infants, 51 (94%), were initially isolated on the newborn nursery. Six needed NICU admission. No infants had clinical evidence of symptomatic COVID-19 infection. Fourteen infants whose mothers were positive for SARS-CoV-2, and who had been separated from the mother at birth were tested for SARS-CoV-2 postnatally. All were negative.<\/jats:p>\n Results\u2003COVID-19 posed a significant burden to mothers, infants, and staff over the 5-week study period. The yield from screening mothers for COVID-19 on L&D was high. Most families accepted the need for postnatal isolation and separation of mother and newborn.<\/jats:p>\n Conclusion\u2003Our study suggests that the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from mother to her fetus\/newborn seems to be uncommon if appropriate separation measures are performed at birth.<\/jats:p>\n Key Points\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0040-1713416","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,13]],"date-time":"2020-06-13T22:30:51Z","timestamp":1592087451000},"page":"1022-1030","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["The Impact of COVID-19 Infection on Labor and Delivery, Newborn Nursery, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Prospective Observational Data from a Single Hospital System"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1533-0080","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ian","family":"Griffin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey"},{"name":"Department of Clinical and Transnational Research, Biomedical Research Institute of New Jersey, Cedar Knolls, New Jersey"},{"name":"MidAtlantic Neonatal Associates, Morristown, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Farah","family":"Benarba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Caryn","family":"Peters","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey"},{"name":"MidAtlantic Neonatal Associates, Morristown, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yinka","family":"Oyelese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tom","family":"Murphy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey"},{"name":"MidAtlantic Neonatal Associates, Morristown, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Diana","family":"Contreras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christina","family":"Gagliardo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eberechi","family":"Nwaobasi-Iwuh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M. 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