Prediction of pulmonary embolism in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the predictive factors of pulmonary thromboembolic (PTE) in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) assessed in the emergency department at a tertiary hospital during the first pandemic wave.

Methods

Observational single-center study conducted in a retrospective cohort of patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (or high clinical-radiological suspicion) who underwent PTE screening by computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA). Predictive factors of PTE were explored using logistic regression, creating two predictive models (without or with D-dimer values).

Results

Out of a total of 274 CTPA performed, 70 procedures presented diagnostic findings of PTE, representing a cumulative incidence of 25.54% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2

SUBMITTER: Gil Mosquera M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818348 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature