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Case Reports
. 2020 May;124(5):e216-e218.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.02.016. Epub 2020 Mar 17.

Emergency Caesarean delivery in a patient with confirmed COVID-19 under spinal anaesthesia

Haifa Xia  1 , Shuai Zhao  1 , Zhouyang Wu  1 , Huilin Luo  2 , Cheng Zhou  3 , Xiangdong Chen  4
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Case Reports

Emergency Caesarean delivery in a patient with confirmed COVID-19 under spinal anaesthesia

Haifa Xia et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Caesarean delivery; SARS-CoV-2; anaesthetic management; spinal anaesthesia.

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Chest CT findings of the pregnant woman with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 showed multiple patchy consolidation of bilateral lung fields and ground-glasslike shadows around the border, with subpleural distribution dominant. White arrows represent patchy consolidation, red arrows represent ground-glasslike shadows, and blue arrows represent interlobular septal thickening.
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