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Comment
. 2020 Dec:196:268-271.
doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.08.043. Epub 2020 Sep 1.

Asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis in critically ill COVID-19 patients despite therapeutic levels of anti-Xa activity

Adriana Torres-Machorro  1 , Victor Manuel Anguiano-Álvarez  2 , Flavio Adrian Grimaldo-Gómez  2 , Hugo Rodríguez-Zanella  3 , Evelyn Cortina de la Rosa  2 , Sergio Mora-Canela  1 , Claudia Lerma  3 , Edgar García-Cruz  4 , Ángel Ramos-Enriquez  4 , Samuel Ramirez-Marroquin  1 , Raúl Izaguirre-Ávila  2 , Gustavo Rojas-Velasco  5
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Asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis in critically ill COVID-19 patients despite therapeutic levels of anti-Xa activity

Adriana Torres-Machorro et al. Thromb Res. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

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    Clinical signs are not useful for detecting DVT in critically ill COVID-19 patients

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    DVT occurs despite full dose anticoagulation in critically ill COVID-19 patients

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    Severe COVID-19 patients present a high prevalence of bilateral DVT

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    Wichmann D, Sperhake JP, Lütgehetmann M, Steurer S, Edler C, Heinemann A, Heinrich F, Mushumba H, Kniep I, Schröder AS, Burdelski C, de Heer G, Nierhaus A, Frings D, Pfefferle S, Becker H, Bredereke-Wiedling H, de Weerth A, Paschen HR, Sheikhzadeh-Eggers S, Stang A, Schmiedel S, Bokemeyer C, Addo MM, Aepfelbacher M, Püschel K, Kluge S. Wichmann D, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Aug 18;173(4):268-277. doi: 10.7326/M20-2003. Epub 2020 May 6. Ann Intern Med. 2020. PMID: 32374815 Free PMC article.

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