• African health sciences · Jun 2022

    Use of exchange blood transfusion in the management of severe COVID-19 infection in pregnancy: experience from Lagos, Nigeria.

    • Bosede Bukola Afolabi, Christian Chigozie Makwe, Kehinde Sharafadeen Okunade, Olanrewaju Nurudeen Akanmu, Iorhen Ephraim Akase, Oluwakemi Otokiti, Abiola Bolarinwa, Francis Ezenwankwo, Gabriel Olalekan Oyeleke, Beatrice Nkolika Ezenwa, Oluwaseun Martins-Akinlose, Titus Ogundare, Augustine Iloka, and Alani Sulaimon Akanmu.
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
    • Afr Health Sci. 2022 Jun 1; 22 (2): 757875-78.

    AbstractCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents with symptoms that may be mild or severe. The individual with the severe form of the disease usually presents with a constellation of respiratory symptoms typical of acute respiratory distress syndrome. In this report, we present our experience of the successful management of an oxygen-dependent pregnant woman with severe COVID-19 infection who had 2 sessions of partial exchange blood transfusion. We discussed the principles that informed this intervention and the need to adopt this novel approach in the care of severe COVID-19 infection.© 2022 Afolabi BB et al.

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