Incidence and clinical profile of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized COVID-19 patients from Madrid region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 related in-hospital venous thromboembolism (VTE) incidence is high but data reported vary significantly. Some studies show that up to half of the events are diagnosed early after admission.

Objectives

To study symptomatic VTE incidence in acute COVID-19 hospitalized patients and to describe timing of VTE diagnosis.

Methods

Multicenter cohort of 5966 patients hospitalized with acute COVID-19. Multicenter Registry of 844 hospitalized patients with acute COVID-19 and associated acute VTE.

Results

By the time of cohort data collection, 68 patients (1.14%) were still hospitalized, 19.8% had died, and 5.4% required ICU. During a median follow-up of 6 days (IQR, 4-12), 183 patients (3.07%; 95% CI, 2.64-3.55) presented a symptomatic VTE event. The c

SUBMITTER: Arribalzaga K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8106233 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature