Rising trends of ectopic pregnancy during COVID-19 pandemic: 1 year observational study

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic state on ectopic pregnancies. Methods: An observational study conducted at RMC, AJMER during the period one year period from April 2020 to March 2021. Results: It was observed the incidence of ectopic pregnancies was significantly higher during the pandemic from April 2020 to march 2021 in comparison to the Aril 2019 to March 2020 period (192/14443;1.3% vs.110/14985; 0.73%). Majority of women presented late with ruptured ectopic pregnancy with hemoperitoneum and laparotomy was done in 93.75% cases. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic Environment had deleterious effect on women health of reproductive age group. We found a higher rate of ruptured ectopic pregnancies in our institution during the COVID-19 Pandemic.