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Low fetal age is not a contraindication for extracorporeal membranous oxygenation in COVID-19-related ARDS
Issaka Zalle1, Yann Barthelemy1, Antonio Piperata2
1Cardiac surgery, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Introduction:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes a small proportion of patients to be admitted to intensive care units, where they sometimes require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The literature on pregnant women with COVID-19 who require ECMO is sparse.
Case Report:
We describe here the earliest-fetal-age pregnant patient with COVID-19 who underwent ECMO yet reported, who kept her child while under close follow-up with magnetic resonance imagery and ultrasound.
Conclusion:
The management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in pregnant women, including ARDS secondary to COVID-19 and those cases which are not eligible for fetal delivery, may benefit from the assistance of ECMO even in the early pregnancy.
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