A 44-year-old woman at 30 weeks of pregnancy was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with a diagnosis of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Her condition worsened quickly, defined by prolonged hypoxia even with intensive therapy and oxygen supplementation. This led to the decision to perform a caesarean delivery and continue pulse corticosteroids therapy after delivery. Soon after she recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia, her life was threatened again by septic shock from hospital-acquired pneumonia. After nearly 1 month of hospitalization, she was discharged and fully recovered on the re-examination day 10 months later.
Keywords: COVID‐19; case report; pregnancy; pulse corticosteroids therapy; third‐trimester caesarean section.
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