Adult intensive care unit admissions with severe COVID-19 infection following emergency Caesarean section deliveries: A case series.
Sarah MortonHolly LamontNatalie SilveyThomas BrowningMichelle HayesRichard KeaysLinsey ChristieRoger DaviesSuveer SinghChris LockieAlice SissonMarcela Vizcaychipinull nullPublished in: Journal of the Intensive Care Society (2020)
Pregnant or immediately post-partum women can develop severe COVID-19 symptoms requiring prolonged adult intensive care unit admission. It is likely to be single-organ failure, but patients are at a high risk of a thromboembolic event and delirium.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- end stage renal disease
- emergency department
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- mechanical ventilation
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- early onset
- public health
- chronic kidney disease
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnant women
- cardiac surgery
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- acute kidney injury
- depressive symptoms
- skeletal muscle
- hip fracture
- breast cancer risk