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The aim of the study was to compare the rate of postpartum-visits to the gynecological-emergency-room (GER) between wartime to a similar period in the previous year.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective study compared the visits of postpartum-women in the GER to a similar period in the previous year.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study included 801 women who delivered in the first month of the war in 2023 and 913 who delivered in the parallel period in the previous year. There were no significant changes in maternal age, gravidity, parity, mode of delivery, birthweight, meconium, low Apgar scores, and the rate of admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit. 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