Systemic thrombosis in a large cohort of COVID-19 patients despite thromboprophylaxis: A retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incidence of thrombotic events associated to Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is difficult to assess and reported rates differ significantly. Optimal thromboprophylaxis is unclear.

Objectives

We aimed to analyze the characteristics of patients with a confirmed thrombotic complication including inflammatory and hemostatic parameters, compare patients affected by arterial vs venous events and examine differences between survivors and non-survivors. We reviewed compliance with thromboprophylaxis and explored how the implementation of a severity-adjusted protocol could have influenced outcome.

Methods

Single-cohort retrospective study of COVID-19 patients admitted, from March 3 to May 3 2020, to the Infanta Leonor University Hospital in Madrid, epicenter of

SUBMITTER: Munoz-Rivas N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7787910 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature