A critically ill mother with COVID-19 in late pregnancy: a case report / 中华围产医学杂志

We report a critically ill pregnant woman in the third trimester with severe pneumonia due to COVID-19 who presented to Xiaolan People's Hospital of Zhongshan in February 2020. The 32-year-old patient was admitted at 35 +2 gestational weeks with a 4-day history of a sore throat and a fever for three hours. The patient had been to Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, and the symptoms occurred during a period of self-isolation after back home. The condition of the patient deteriorated rapidly, with left-sided chest and back pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, progressing to respiratory failure and septic shock 7 hours after her admission. In view of her critical condition and a history of two previous cesarean sections, an emergency cesarean section was performed. Blood gas analysis of the mother before the operation suggested respiratory failure, respiratory acidosis, and metabolic acidosis. During the operation, a baby boy was born. The Apgar score of the boy, birth weight of 2 700 g, was one at 1, 5, and 10 minutes despite the resuscitation efforts. The neonate died after withdrawing treatment. The patient was treated with tracheal intubation ventilator and other supportive treatments after the operation. The result of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test, taken on admission, but which was reported after delivery, was positive. The patient was transferred to the designated hospital for further treatment and was recovering with the withdrawal of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and ventilation at 26 and 36 days after surgery, respectively.

Death of a neonate born to a critically ill mother with COVID-19: a case report / 中华围产医学杂志

We report a critically ill pregnant woman in the third trimester with severe pneumonia due to COVID-19 who presented to Xiaolan People's Hospital of Zhongshan in February 2020. The 32-year-old patient was admitted at 35 +2 gestational weeks with a 4-day history of a sore throat and a fever for three hours. The patient had been to Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, and the symptoms occurred during a period of self-isolation after back home. The condition of the patient deteriorated rapidly, with left-sided chest and back pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, progressing to respiratory failure and septic shock 7 hours after her admission. In view of her critical condition and a history of two previous cesarean sections, an emergency cesarean section was performed. Blood gas analysis of the mother before the operation suggested respiratory failure, respiratory acidosis, and metabolic acidosis. During the operation, a baby boy was born. The Apgar score of the boy, birth weight of 2 700 g, was one at 1, 5 and 10 minutes despite the resuscitation efforts. The neonate died after withdrawing treatment. The patient was treated with tracheal intubation ventilator and other supportive treatments after the operation. The result of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test, taken on admission, but which was reported after delivery, was positive. The patient was transferred to the designated hospital for further treatment and was recovering with the withdrawal of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and ventilation support at 26 and 36 days after surgery, respectively.

Association of residual renal function with intradialysis hypotension in maintenance dialysis ;patients / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective To investigate the association of residual renal function with intradialysis dialysis hypotension among maintenance hemodialysis patients. Methods Fifty-six patients who had underwent maintenance hemodialysis from March 2014 to November 2015 were enrolled according to researching protocol in this study. Data of baseline and clinical parameter of every hemodialysis session were collected. The patients were divided into two groups by 24 h urine output:urine group (24 h urine output≥100 ml, 22 patients)and no urine group (24 h urine output0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that residual glomerular filtration rate (rGFR) had negative correlation with interdialytic weight gain (r =- 0.257, P = 0.001). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that with the increase of dialysis time, the rate of intradialysis hypotension increased. The comulative rate of intradialysis hypotension in no urine group was higher than that in urine group (log-rank = 14.67, P =0.000). Conclusions Residual renal function is associated with intradialysis hypotension, and it is important for clinician to consider a residual renal function protection schedule for maintenance hemodialysis patients.