Anesthesia
Epidural anesthesia or general anesthesia can be used for delivery in pregnant women infected with pneumonia of COVID-19 [3, 9]; for those COVID-19 infected pregnant women who already have had intubation, general anesthesia through endotracheal intubation can be used during the cesarean section.
Most practitioners advocate the use of epidural anesthesia for pregnant women infected with pneumonia of COVID-19 to reduce exacerbation of infection during the intubation/extraction process, and to avoid the side effects of general anesthesia on newborns (muscle tone and breathing). Importantly, anesthesiologists must apply airborne precautions to prevent infection during performing trachea intubation.