Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a pregnant patient with COVID-19 improved after delivery: A case report and brief review | Zendy

Josebelo Chong | Zendy; Siraj Ahmed | Zendy; K Travis Hill | Zendy

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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a pregnant patient with COVID-19 improved after delivery: A case report and brief review

Author(s) -

Josebelo Chong,

Siraj Ahmed,

K Travis Hill

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

respiratory medicine case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42

H-Index - 14

ISSN - 2213-0071

DOI - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101171

Subject(s) - ards , medicine , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , respiratory distress , acute respiratory distress , complication , pregnancy , distress , pediatrics , disease , surgery , lung , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak , clinical psychology , biology , genetics

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) can frequently occur as a complication of Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19). As the number of COVID-19 cases increases around the world, it is inevitable that COVID-19 and ARDS will complicate some pregnancies. Currently, there is scant data to guide decision-making on the timing of delivery for these patients. We present the case of a 41-year-old patient with severe ARDS from COVID-19 who was also 32 weeks pregnant, whose respiratory status improved dramatically after delivery.

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