Pregnant COVID-19 patient saved by ECMO
Recently, a pregnant COVID-19 patient with severe respiratory failure was admitted to the University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy was provided which enabled the patient’s lungs time to heal and a successful C-section was able to be performed two weeks later.
Some time ago, a pregnant, COVID-19 patient with severe viral symptoms was admitted to the University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland. She quickly deteriorated and could no longer breathe on her own. At that point, the medical team intubated her with a