Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in pregnancy during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

The novel coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the disease the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). To date, there are 761,402,282 cases of COVID-19 globally, with 6,887,000 deaths.1 Pregnant people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 have a variable course with a wide range of clinical symptoms.2 As the pandemic ensues and vaccination rates have increased, many pregnant women have asymptomatic or mild courses of COVID-19 and can be managed as outpatients.
Source: Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research