COVID-19 and Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Postpartum Patient

We report a 36-year-old woman in Iran who sought care for left shoulder pain and cough 5 days after a scheduled cesarean section. Acute pulmonary embolism and coronavirus disease were diagnosed. Physicians should be aware of the potential for these concurrent conditions in postpartum women.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2020-08, Vol.26 (8), p.1937-1939
Hauptverfasser:	Khodamoradi, Zohre, Boogar, Shahrokh Sadeghi, Shirazi, Farnaz Kamali Haghighi, Kouhi, Pariya
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	2019 novel coronavirus disease Acute Disease Adult Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity Betacoronavirus - physiology Cesarean Section Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods Coronavirus diseases Coronavirus infections Coronavirus Infections - complications Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis Coronavirus Infections - drug therapy Coronavirus Infections - virology Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 and Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Postpartum Patient COVID-19 Testing Enoxaparin - therapeutic use Epidemics Expedited Female Health aspects Humans Infections Internal medicine Iran Medical research Middle East respiratory syndrome Pandemics Patients Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral - complications Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis Pneumonia, Viral - drug therapy Pneumonia, Viral - virology Postpartum Period Pregnancy Pulmonary arteries Pulmonary embolism Pulmonary Embolism - complications Pulmonary Embolism - diagnosis Pulmonary Embolism - drug therapy Pulmonary Embolism - virology Pulmonary embolisms Research Letter Respiratory diseases SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Shoulder Thromboembolism Thrombosis Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome Veins & arteries
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a 36-year-old woman in Iran who sought care for left shoulder pain and cough 5 days after a scheduled cesarean section. Acute pulmonary embolism and coronavirus disease were diagnosed. Physicians should be aware of the potential for these concurrent conditions in postpartum women.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2608.201383