Publications by authors named "Elena Fatnic"
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in pregnant women experiencing severe respiratory or circulatory failure across 10 hospitals in Israel over three years.
- Out of 540,234 live births, only 28 obstetric patients (5.2 per 100,000 births) were treated with ECMO, primarily for hypoxic respiratory failure due to conditions like ARDS, with COVID-19 being a significant factor.
- Despite the low incidence, ECMO resulted in high survival rates for both mothers (89.3%) and babies (100%), with complications being rare.
Background: A key unresolved controversy in severe COVID-19 pneumonitis in pregnancy is the optimum timing of delivery and whether delivery improves or worsens maternal outcomes. We aimed to assess clinical data on every intensive care unit (ICU) day for pregnant and postpartum women admitted to the ICU with COVID-19, with a particular focus on the days preceding and following delivery.
Methods: In this multicentre, nationwide, prospective and retrospective cohort study, we evaluated all pregnant women who were admitted to an ICU in Israel with severe COVID-19 pneumonitis from the 13th week of gestation to the 1st week postpartum.
Comprehensive management of ventilator-dependent patients: course report.
Breathe (Sheff)
March 2017
http://ow.ly/jYzL306W0l6.
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