Massive pulmonary embolism following recovery from COVID-19 infection: inflammation, thrombosis and the role of extended thromboprophylaxis.
BMJ Case Rep
; 13(9)2020 Sep 13.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-767823
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by a recently discovered SARS-CoV-2. Following an initial outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the virus has spread globally culminating in the WHO declaring a pandemic on 11 March 2020. We present the case of a patient with an initial presentation of COVID-19 pneumonitis requiring mechanical ventilation for nearly 2 weeks and total admission time of 3 weeks. She was given prophylactic dose anticoagulation according to hospital protocol during this time. Following a week at home, she was readmitted with acute massive pulmonary embolism with severe respiratory and cardiac failure, representing the first such case in the literature.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Thrombosis
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Coronavirus Infections
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Inflammation
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Anticoagulants
Type of study:
Case report
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bcr-2020-238168
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