Open AccessAnesthesia Management in Cesarean Section for Close Contact Parturient with COVID-19 Patient: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Yeon Ji Roh,
Ki Young Shin,
Jangho Bae,
Seongsik Kang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmacy, nursing and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-3639
DOI - 10.24203/ajpnms.v9i6.6809
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , caesarean section , anesthesia , spinal anesthesia , health care , pregnancy , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , biology , genetics , economics , economic growth
During the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, which produced a disease that had been termed COVID-19, safely treating patients that have contracted COVID-19 has become a very challenging problem for both patients and healthcare workers alike.The case we will be dealing with concerns a surgery of a full-term parturient who tested negative for COVID-19 at the time of surgery but had been living with a husband who contracted COVID-19. The parturient was taken up for an elective caesarean section under spinal anesthesia in an isolated operating room.It is necessary to consider how to manage the patient who was a close contact even if their COVID-19 test result is negative and how to set up the protocols to protect healthcare workers themselves in such situation.Keywords ---- (COVID-19, Caesarean section, Parturient, Spinal anesthesia)