Table 6 Discrepancy analysis of recommendations among drug information resources for newer and old medications used for COVID-19 management in pregnancy and lactation. (The discordance among the various drug information resources was studied for the various newer and older COVID-19 medications used in pregnancy and lactation)

PEPID (n = 16)

Micromedex (n = 16)

Up-to-date (n = 15)

Drugs for Pregnancy & Lactating women (Weiner) (n = 10)

Drugs in Pregnancy & Lactation (Schaefer) (n = 12)

Newer drugs v/s Older drugs

Fishers exact

6.88

11.14

10.34

6.32

13.26

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.020^b

0.002^a

0.004^a

0.038^b

< 0.001^a

Drugs in Pregnancy & Lactation (Brigg's) (n = 12)

LactoMed (n = 16)

Drugs.com (n = 16)

Medscape.com

(n = 14)

Newer drugs v/s Older drugs

Fishers exact

7.82

9.35

4.03

11.17

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.018^b

0.005^a

0.333

0.003^a