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<Articles JournalTitle="Frontiers in Emergency Medicine">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Emergency Medicine</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2717-3593</Issn>
      <Volume>5</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>05</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Severe COVID-19 in a Postpartum Woman: A Three-Month Challenge with Convalescent Plasma and Corticosteroid</title>
    <FirstPage>e47</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>e47</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Soleimani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Nephrology and Urology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sedigheh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Hantoushzadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Valiasr Maternal Fetal Neonatal Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Azam</FirstName>
        <LastName>Soleimani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>05</Month>
        <Day>02</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Introduction: Management of seriously ill patients infected with new corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) is challenging especially in pregnancy and postpartum state.&#xA0;Case presentation: A 39- year-old primigravid critically ill woman with acute respiratory distress (ARDS) due to confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection underwent urgent cesarean delivery (a healthy neonate) at 33 weeks and 5/7 of pregnancy. She received treatments including hydroxychloroquine, antivirals and broad-spectrum antibiotics while she was intubated for mechanical ventilation. In spite of all treatments, she developed a critical course after the mild primary clinical improvement. Convalescent plasma transfusion as a rescue treatment was performed and led to an improvement in her general condition and delayed gradual recovery in respiratory function after two months.&#xA0;Conclusion: The promising role of early treatment with convalescent plasma transfusion in seriously ill pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2, needs to be elucidated by further randomized studies.&#xA0;</abstract>
    <web_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/view/726</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/download/726/356</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
