Threatened Miscarriage in a COVID-19 Patient

The authors present the case of a 30-year-old female who was pregnant and contracted COVID-19. She presented with vaginal bleeding and eventually went on to miscarry. Here, we discuss the risk factor of COVID-19 for threatened miscarriage and spontaneous abortion as well as pregnancy being a risk fa...

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Published in:	Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 14; no. 11; p. e31637
Main Authors:	Momin, Arshaan, Nguyen, Natalie N, Stead, Thor S, Mangal, Rohan K, Sosa, Marcos, Patel, Kunal, Ganti, Latha
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Cureus Inc 18-11-2022 Cureus
Subjects:	Case reports COVID-19 Emergency medical care Emergency Medicine Medical research Miscarriage Monoclonal antibodies Obstetrics/Gynecology Pregnancy Womens health United States > US unvaccinated covid-19 casirivimab covid-19 imdevimab threatened miscarriage
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Summary:	The authors present the case of a 30-year-old female who was pregnant and contracted COVID-19. She presented with vaginal bleeding and eventually went on to miscarry. Here, we discuss the risk factor of COVID-19 for threatened miscarriage and spontaneous abortion as well as pregnancy being a risk factor for increased COVID-19 disease severity. The patient received casirivimab and imdevimab per emergency department protocol due to this increased risk.
ISSN:	2168-8184 2168-8184
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.31637