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. 2021 Aug 5;58(2):2101033.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01033-2021. Print 2021 Aug.

Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission and role for pre-test probability scores and home treatment

Mitja Jevnikar  1   2   3 , Olivier Sanchez  4   5   6   7 , Marc Humbert  1   2   3 , Florence Parent  1   2   3
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Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission and role for pre-test probability scores and home treatment

Mitja Jevnikar et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

There is a high prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission despite a low level of clinical suspicion https://bit.ly/3ungLrQ

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Conflict of interest: M. Jevnikar has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: O. Sanchez reports personal fees and non-financial support from BTG, grants and personal fees from Boston Scientific, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Bayer and BMS, personal fees from Sanofi Aventis, grants from Daiichi Sankyo, during the conduct of the study; grants, personal fees and non-financial support from MSD, grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: M. Humbert reports grants and personal fees from Actelion, personal fees from GSK and Merck, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: F. Parent has nothing to disclose.

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  • Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission.
    Jevnikar M, Sanchez O, Chocron R, Andronikof M, Raphael M, Meyrignac O, Fournier L, Montani D, Planquette B, Soudani M, Boucly A, Pichon J, Preda M, Beurnier A, Bulifon S, Seferian A, Jaïs X, Sitbon O, Savale L, Humbert M, Parent F. Jevnikar M, et al. Eur Respir J. 2021 Jul 20;58(1):2100116. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00116-2021. Print 2021 Jul. Eur Respir J. 2021. PMID: 33692122 Free PMC article.

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