Complex and prolonged hypercoagulability in coronavirus disease 2019 intensive care unit patients: A thromboelastographic study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A high number of thrombotic complications have been reported in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and appear to be related to a hypercoagulable state. Evidence regarding detection, management, and monitoring of COVID-19-associated coagulopathy is still missing. We propose to describe the thrombus viscoelastic properties to investigate the mechanisms of hypercoagulability in patients with COVID-19.

Methods

Thromboelastography (TEG) was performed in 24 consecutive patients admitted to a single intensive care unit for COVID-19 pneumonia, and 10 had a second TEG before being discharged alive from the intensive care unit.

Results

Compared with a group of 20 healthy participants, patients with COVID-19 had significantly decreased va

SUBMITTER: Cordier PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835109 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature