Introduction
The recent epidemic of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that started from
Wuhan, China, has continued to receive worldwide attention since the
initial reports in December 2019.1 To the best of our
knowledge, the number of studies documenting the clinical condition of
pregnant women with COVID-19 are few.2,3 Moreover,
reports on critically ill pregnant women with severe pneumonia are
rare.4 Pneumonia during pregnancy is associated with
increased morbidity and mortality.5 Previous studies
have only described the general epidemiological findings, clinical
presentation, and clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
However, specific information on
critically ill pregnant patients
is scanty.2,3 Herein, we report the first case of a
critically ill pregnant woman with COVID-19 pneumonia in her third
trimester of pregnancy.