Delivery and management of a preterm infant in the burn unit: A multidisciplinary approach

• Burns magnify cardiovascular and hemodynamic changes associated with pregnancy.
• Pharmacologic agents administered to pregnant patients affect the fetus via the placenta.
• A multidisciplinary team can safely deliver a preterm infant in the burn unit.

Burns during pregnancy can have profound effects on both the mother and her fetus. While the mother can suffer cardiovascular collapse, infection, hemorrhage and inhalation injury with respiratory failure, the fetus is affected through the placenta by all of these changes as well as by the transfer of drugs administered to the mother. We report a case of severely burned female patient at 29 weeks gestation, who, due to deteriorating maternal condition, was delivered and managed at 32 weeks gestation by a multidisciplinary team. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of a preterm infant delivered in a burn unit.