COVID-19 and Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Postpartum Patient

Abstract

We report a 36-year-old woman in Iran who sought care for left shoulder pain and cough 5 days after a scheduled cesarean section. Acute pulmonary embolism and coronavirus disease were diagnosed. Physicians should be aware of the potential for these concurrent conditions in postpartum women.

Keywords

• Coronavirus diseases
• 2019 novel coronavirus disease
• COVID-19
• SARS-CoV-2
• severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
• respiratory diseases