RESUMO
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused new diagnostic difficulties in the practice of many doctors. The disease is still not well understood. The group of people commonly considered to be the most sensitive to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection are the elderly and those with chronic diseases. However, we cannot forget about pregnant women, whose risk rates for various complications are also very high. A CASE REPORT: We present the case of a 38-year-old woman in whom acute respiratory failure caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2 led to premature termination of pregnancy by caesarean section. It resulted in a multi-day stay in the intensive care unit with long-term respiratory therapy. Despite the treatment that was recommended at that time, the patient's condition did not improve for a long time, and the results of laboratory tests indicated a continuous, active inflammatory process. We prove that COVID-19 infection in pregnant women results in a more severe course of the disease, with relatively frequent complications. Our work is aimed at making doctors of various specializations aware of how dangerous SARS-CoV-2 infection can be in pregnant women and warning them against ignoring scanty symptoms in pregnant patients.
