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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation In The Care Of A Preterm Infant With Covid-19 Infection: Case Report, Jessica Patrick-Esteve, Christy Mumphrey, David Yu, Emily Masoumy, Jeremy Lawson, David Hebert, Brian Barkemeyer
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation In The Care Of A Preterm Infant With Covid-19 Infection: Case Report, Jessica Patrick-Esteve, Christy Mumphrey, David Yu, Emily Masoumy, Jeremy Lawson, David Hebert, Brian Barkemeyer
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in December 2019 and has since unleashed a global pandemic, with over 518 million cases as of May 10, 2022. Neonates represent a very small proportion of those patients. Among reported cases of neonates with symptomatic COVID-19 infection, the rates of hospitalization remain low. Most reported cases in infants and neonates are community acquired with mild symptoms, most commonly fever, rhinorrhea and cough. Very few require intensive care or invasive support for acute infection. We present a case of a 2-month-old former 26-week gestation infant with a …