The Rare Case of a COVID-19 Pregnant Patient with Quadruplets and Postpartum Severe Pneumonia. Case Report and Review of the Literature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Report
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Socolov, R.; Akad, M.; Păvăleanu, M.; Popovici, D.; Ciuhodaru, M.; Covali, R.; Akad, F.; Păvăleanu, I. The Rare Case of a COVID-19 Pregnant Patient with Quadruplets and Postpartum Severe Pneumonia. Case Report and Review of the Literature. Medicina 2021, 57, 1186. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57111186
Socolov R, Akad M, Păvăleanu M, Popovici D, Ciuhodaru M, Covali R, Akad F, Păvăleanu I. The Rare Case of a COVID-19 Pregnant Patient with Quadruplets and Postpartum Severe Pneumonia. Case Report and Review of the Literature. Medicina. 2021; 57(11):1186. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57111186
Chicago/Turabian StyleSocolov, Răzvan, Mona Akad, Maricica Păvăleanu, Diana Popovici, Mădălina Ciuhodaru, Roxana Covali, Fawzy Akad, and Ioana Păvăleanu. 2021. "The Rare Case of a COVID-19 Pregnant Patient with Quadruplets and Postpartum Severe Pneumonia. Case Report and Review of the Literature" Medicina 57, no. 11: 1186. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57111186
APA StyleSocolov, R., Akad, M., Păvăleanu, M., Popovici, D., Ciuhodaru, M., Covali, R., Akad, F., & Păvăleanu, I. (2021). The Rare Case of a COVID-19 Pregnant Patient with Quadruplets and Postpartum Severe Pneumonia. Case Report and Review of the Literature. Medicina, 57(11), 1186. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57111186