Nancy had multiple organ failure, positive for COVID-19 and lasted two weeks intubated, today she is stable thanks to IMSS
With 22 and a half weeks of gestation and confirmed COVID-19, Nancy, 30, was discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hospital General de Zona (HGZ) No. 1-A “Dr. Rodolfo Antonio de Mucha Macías” of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), after fighting for his life and that of his baby for 18 days.
Nancy went to her Family Medicine Unit (FMU) at 20 weeks’ gestation , with breathing, oxygenation and fever problems, for which she was referred to the second level of care with suspected COVID-19.
Immediately, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team activated the Immediate Response Team Code (ERI), a strategy implemented in the IMSS when there is an obstetric emergency that consists of having immediate and effective communication between the doctor who refers the patient and the one who is going to treat her. receive to achieve timely and efficient care in order to prevent maternal death.
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Upon admission, Nancy was evaluated and diagnosed with multiple organ failure, which compromised her neurological, cardiac, and pulmonary status, and failure of both kidneys.
As a result, he required various maneuvers so that his pressure and that of the baby were kept in balance, while the suspicion of COVID-19 was confirmed.
During his two-week stay, he required mechanical ventilation, said Dr. Miguel Ángel Reyes Ruíz, an intensivist and cardio-pulmonologist assigned to the ICU of HGZ No. 1-A.
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Reyes Ruiz highlighted that as a health professional and in a personal way, he is very emotional that two human beings waged the battle against COVID-19, he recognizes the nobility of IMSS and all its staff, since without them Nancy and her family would not be here. baby.
For her part, Nancy endorses being a survivor of COVID-19: “They told me that my baby was not going to be saved due to the weeks of gestation, but now that I woke up the baby is still in my belly; I’m better now and I want to tell you to take care of yourselves, don’t leave home.
"The doctors who work here are excellent, the nursing staff are excellent and we have to believe in what the doctors tell us, please don’t leave the house and take care of yourself as much as possible," he stressed.
He reiterated his gratitude to the doctors "for saving us both."
For her part, Dr. Regina Magaña Padilla, in charge of the Obstetrics and Gynecology service at HGZ No. 1-A, pointed out that Nancy was admitted in critical condition and remained in intensive care for two weeks.
Today she is in good condition and will be monitored by the service to monitor the condition of both, once she is discharged from the hospital, she will continue to be observed by telephone and in person until the end of the pregnancy, she indicated.
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