Use of exchange blood transfusion in the management of severe COVID-19 infection in pregnancy: experience from Lagos, Nigeria

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents with symptoms that may be mild or severe. The individual with the severe form of the disease usually presents with a constellation of respiratory symptoms typical of acute respiratory distress syndrome. In this report, we present our experience of the suc...

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Autores principales: Afolabi, Bosede Bukola, Makwe, Christian Chigozie, Okunade, Kehinde Sharafadeen, Akanmu, Olanrewaju Nurudeen, Akase, Iorhen Ephraim, Otokiti, Oluwakemi, Bolarinwa, Abiola, Ezenwankwo, Francis, Oyeleke, Gabriel Olalekan, Ezenwa, Beatrice Nkolika, Martins-Akinlose, Oluwaseun, Ogundare, Titus, Iloka, Augustine, Akanmu, Alani Sulaimon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9652652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407333
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i2.9
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Sumario:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents with symptoms that may be mild or severe. The individual with the severe form of the disease usually presents with a constellation of respiratory symptoms typical of acute respiratory distress syndrome. In this report, we present our experience of the successful management of an oxygen-dependent pregnant woman with severe COVID-19 infection who had 2 sessions of partial exchange blood transfusion. We discussed the principles that informed this intervention and the need to adopt this novel approach in the care of severe COVID-19 infection.

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