Survival of Pregnant Coronavirus Patient on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.004 and PMC identifier 7544695.
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Abstract
A 27-year-old woman presented at 23 weeks' 6 days' gestation who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Despite mechanical ventilation and paralysis, she remained hypoxic and was emergently cannulated for veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). The patient ambulated while intubated and on VV-ECMO. She was decannulated and extubated. An ultrasound demonstrated an appropriately grown fetus without abnormalities. She was discharged to home and gave birth to a healthy baby girl at 39 weeks' gestation. Using VV-ECMO, this patient and her fetus survived acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19.
Medical subject headings
- COVID-19
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
- SARS-CoV-2