Pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: When we have to search for it?
Thromb Res
; 206: 29-32, 2021 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1347837
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
COVID-19 is still a global challenge in regard for management and therapy. Pulmonary embolism (PE) seems to have a higher prevalence in COVID-19 instead of non-COVID patients. Clinical and laboratory parameters related with PE are still unknown.METHODS:
We conducted a retrospective unicentre study in Alto Vicentino Hospital between March 1st, 2020, and January 31st, 2021 in patients admitted for COVID-19 tested with a RT-PCR nasal swab. Data about patients studied with computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) because of PE suspicion were collected, as their clinical and laboratory parameters too.RESULTS:
2621 patients were admitted for COVID-19 in Alto Vicentino Hospital between March 1st, 2020, and January 31st, 2021 and in 267 of them a CTPA was performed finding 50 PE (18.7%). Only non-Caucasian race (OR = 5.44; 95% CI 1.22-24.35; p = 0.027) and previous VTE (OR = 5.3; 95% CI 1.09-26.17; p = 0.039) were found to be independently associated with PE.CONCLUSION:
PE is a frequent complication of COVID-19 and clinician need high degree of suspicion because clinical and laboratoristic parameters cannot drive diagnosis.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pulmonary Embolism
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Thromb Res
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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