Open AccessCaesarean Section in Confirmed COVID-19 Patient at Nepalgunj Medical College: Case Report
Author(s) -
Kavita Sinha,
Avadhesh Pratap Singh Kushwaha,
Homnath Adhikari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jngmc
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2362-1206
pISSN - 2362-1192
DOI - 10.3126/jngmc.v18i1.35222
Subject(s) - oligohydramnios , caesarean section , medicine , gestation , covid-19 , pneumonia , obstetrics , pregnancy , outbreak , coronavirus , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , genetics , disease
An outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia occurred worldwide since December 2019, which had been named COVID-19 subsequently. It is extremely transmissive that infection in pregnant women were unavoidable. The delivery process will produce large amount of contaminated media, leaving a challenge for medical personnel to ensure both the safety of the mother and infant and good self-protection. Here, we report a 27 year woman had reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 at 37 weeks 2 days of gestation. An emergency caesarean section at 38 weeks 2 days of gestation under spinal anaesthesia was performed for oligohydramnios with scar tenderness with strict protection for all personnel.