A case report of COVID-19 infection and management during pregnancy.

SAGE Open Med Case Rep

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, USA.

Published: May 2021

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which started in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and progressed to a pandemic affecting over 210 countries and territories including the United States. The severity of symptoms range from mild to critical disease involving multi-organ failure; however, many pregnant COVID-19 patients have mild symptoms. The understanding of COVID-19 is evolving and there is limited data about its effects in pregnancy. This case series features two pregnant patients with COVID-19 with a range of symptoms, including fever, non-productive cough, headache, and worsening dyspnea. Both patients had chest x-ray findings notable for lung opacities, and lymphopenia was a consistent abnormal laboratory finding. Both of the patients had hypoxia which was treated with hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir-ritonavir with significant improvement in clinical symptoms and prolongation of pregnancy.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8132078PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211015899DOI Listing

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