Presence of Spontaneous Echo Contrast on Point-of-Care Vascular Ultrasound and the Development of Major Clotting Events in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients.

ABSTRACT: The presence of spontaneous echo contrast on ultrasonography is a predisposition to increased thromboembolic risk. The purpose of this study was to assess for the prevalence and consequences of spontaneous echo contrast on point-of-care vascular ultrasound in coronavirus disease 2019.

Design setting and patients

This was a retrospective cohort study of 39 adult patients admitted to the ICU with a confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 diagnosis at a large tertiary-care academic medical center. Patients were included if they had undergone a vascular ultrasound examination during their ICU admission. Overall, 48 venous ultrasound studies among the 39 patients were reviewed in blinded fashion by two reviewers for the presence of venous spontaneous echo contrast, and charts were analyzed fo

SUBMITTER: Connor-Schuler R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7803667 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature