High risk of pulmonary embolism in acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19: an observational controlled-cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 may induce endovascular injury of pulmonary vessels and could be associated with increased risk of pulmonary embolism. The main objective was to compare the incidence of pulmonary embolism in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) related to COVID-19 versus patients with pulmonary ARDS unrelated to COVID-19.

Methods

This is an observational controlled-cohort study performed at a single center of a university teaching hospital in France. The incidence of pulmonary embolism was prospectively assessed using computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in patients with ARDS related to COVID-19 and compared to patients from a 3-year historical cohort of patients with pulmonary ARDS unrelated to COVID-19. In patients with ARDS related to C

SUBMITTER: de Roubin V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8106093 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature