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. 2020 Sep:193:1-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.05.049. Epub 2020 May 29.

Image-proven thromboembolism in patients with severe COVID-19 in a tertiary critical care unit in the United Kingdom

Michael J R Desborough  1 , Andrew J Doyle  2 , Alexandra Griffiths  3 , Andrew Retter  4 , Karen A Breen  5 , Beverley J Hunt  6
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Image-proven thromboembolism in patients with severe COVID-19 in a tertiary critical care unit in the United Kingdom

Michael J R Desborough et al. Thromb Res. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

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    Venous thrombosis is common in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

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    Many of these thromboses may be immunothromboses due to local inflammation, rather than thromboembolic disease.

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    Anticoagulated patients with COVID-19 pneumonia have a risk of major bleeding.

Keywords: COVID-19; Critical care; Pulmonary embolism; SARS-CoV-2; Venous thromboembolism.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest MJRD has received fees for consultancy from Takeda and Portola. None of the other authors have any competing interests to declare.

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