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Case Rep Obstet Gynecol
. 2021 Jul 19;2021:3762198.
doi: 10.1155/2021/3762198. eCollection 2021.
Survival from Maternal Cardiac Arrest Complicating Coronavirus Disease 2019
Andrea D Shields[SUP] 1 [/SUP], John J Byrne[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Meghan Munisteri[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michael Wood[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been linked to significant cardiovascular complications such as cardiac arrest, which are associated with a poor prognosis in adults. Little is known about the cardiac complications, specifically cardiac arrest, of COVID-19 during pregnancy and postpartum periods.
Case: We present a case of survival and full neurological recovery after maternal cardiac arrest associated with COVID-19 in a postpartum female. Her postpartum course was also associated with seizures attributed to posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. After 19 days in the hospital, she was discharged home neurologically intact.
Conclusion: More information is needed to determine the range of short- and long-term cardiac complications that may be associated with COVID-19 during pregnancy and postpartum. Additionally, pregnant patients with COVID-19 may be more likely to survive cardiac arrest compared to the general population.
. 2021 Jul 19;2021:3762198.
doi: 10.1155/2021/3762198. eCollection 2021.
Survival from Maternal Cardiac Arrest Complicating Coronavirus Disease 2019
Andrea D Shields[SUP] 1 [/SUP], John J Byrne[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Meghan Munisteri[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michael Wood[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34336319
- PMCID: PMC8292066
- DOI: 10.1155/2021/3762198
Abstract
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been linked to significant cardiovascular complications such as cardiac arrest, which are associated with a poor prognosis in adults. Little is known about the cardiac complications, specifically cardiac arrest, of COVID-19 during pregnancy and postpartum periods.
Case: We present a case of survival and full neurological recovery after maternal cardiac arrest associated with COVID-19 in a postpartum female. Her postpartum course was also associated with seizures attributed to posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. After 19 days in the hospital, she was discharged home neurologically intact.
Conclusion: More information is needed to determine the range of short- and long-term cardiac complications that may be associated with COVID-19 during pregnancy and postpartum. Additionally, pregnant patients with COVID-19 may be more likely to survive cardiac arrest compared to the general population.