Introduction:

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, which can potentially cause severe acute respiratory syndrome and cause the death of the patient.

Objective:

To present a patient with COVID -19 associated with aggravated preeclampsia, in a preterm pregnant woman.

Clinical case:

A 25-year-old patient with a gestation of 35.2 weeks, a history of apparent health that was received since her arrival at the intensive care unit, referred for being positive for COVID-19, with respiratory symptoms of an associated lung disease, as high blood pressure figures, without other symptoms. Through physical examination and complementary humoral studies, an aggravated preeclampsia and oligohydramnios were diagnosed due to rupture of the ovular membranes. She was treated and compensated; Induction was started and during the procedure a risk of loss of fetal well-being was diagnosed, so it was decided to perform an urgent cesarean section. A healthy newborn was received. The patient did not present post-surgical complications and was treated according to current standards for cases of severe mother with COVID-19; she had a favorable evolution.

Conclusions:

The early diagnosis and treatment of a pregnant woman with COVID-19 and associated preeclampsia allows a satisfactory evolution of the mother-fetus binomial.

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