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Outcome of pregnant women admitted to critical care unit with confirmed severe COVID-19

A center experience

Amani AlJohi, Ahmad Alohali, Saffanah Alsaeed, Hussam M. Sakkijah and Dalia A. Obeid
Saudi Medical Journal April 2024, 45 (4) 379-386; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.4.20240022
Amani AlJohi
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AlJohi, Alsaeed); from the Department of Critical Care Services Administration (Alohali, Sakkijah), King Fahad Medical City, and from the Department of Tissue/Organ Bioengineering and BioMEMS Lab, Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, Transplant Research and Innovation (Obeid), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmad Alohali
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AlJohi, Alsaeed); from the Department of Critical Care Services Administration (Alohali, Sakkijah), King Fahad Medical City, and from the Department of Tissue/Organ Bioengineering and BioMEMS Lab, Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, Transplant Research and Innovation (Obeid), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saffanah Alsaeed
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AlJohi, Alsaeed); from the Department of Critical Care Services Administration (Alohali, Sakkijah), King Fahad Medical City, and from the Department of Tissue/Organ Bioengineering and BioMEMS Lab, Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, Transplant Research and Innovation (Obeid), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hussam M. Sakkijah
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AlJohi, Alsaeed); from the Department of Critical Care Services Administration (Alohali, Sakkijah), King Fahad Medical City, and from the Department of Tissue/Organ Bioengineering and BioMEMS Lab, Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, Transplant Research and Innovation (Obeid), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Dalia A. Obeid
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AlJohi, Alsaeed); from the Department of Critical Care Services Administration (Alohali, Sakkijah), King Fahad Medical City, and from the Department of Tissue/Organ Bioengineering and BioMEMS Lab, Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, Transplant Research and Innovation (Obeid), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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