Full-Term Delivery and Complete Lung Recovery following VV ECMO Support Midpregnancy in a Patient with COVID-19 ARDS
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Shelley Leong; Guillermo Moreno; Mohamed Fayed; Crystal Ives Tallman
- Source
- Case Reports in Critical Care, Vol 2023 (2023)
- Subject
- Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
RC86-88.9
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-6439
Pregnant women are especially vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We present a twin pregnancy case with acute respiratory distress syndrome following COVID-19 infection at 19 weeks. The patient’s ARDS was successfully managed with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO). She recovered completely and delivered healthy twins.