Severe pulmonary hemorrhage in a 3-week-old neonate with COVID-19 infection: A case report

Anood Alassaf; Khaled Ellithy; Tejas Mehta; Walid Aljbawi; Hossamaldein Ali; Ashraf Soliman; Mohammed Al Amri; Abdulqadir J Nashwan

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6189

Severe pulmonary hemorrhage in a 3-week-old neonate with COVID-19 infection: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Aug 8;10(8):e6189. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6189. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Authors

Anood Alassaf^{1

2}, Khaled Ellithy³, Tejas Mehta³, Walid Aljbawi³, Hossamaldein Ali⁴, Ashraf Soliman⁵, Mohammed Al Amri⁶, Abdulqadir J Nashwan⁷

Affiliations

¹ Pediatrics Department Sidra Medicine Doha Qatar.
² Pediatrics Department Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
³ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
⁴ Pharmacy Department Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
⁵ Pediatric Endocrinology Department Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
⁶ Pediatric Emergency Department Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
⁷ Nursing Department Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.

Abstract

Our patient is a 3-week-old female neonate, presented with complaints of low-grade fever and a congested nose for one day. Eventually, she developed progressive desaturation, hypotension, and poor perfusion due to severe pulmonary hemorrhage. Then, she developed cardiac arrest and was declared dead.

Keywords: COVID‐19; SARS‐CoV‐2; newborn; pulmonary hemorrhage; sepsis.

Publication types

Case Reports