Predictors and outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism in COVID-19; insights from US National COVID cohort collaborative.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether COVID-19 patients with pulmonary embolism had higher mortality and assess the utility of D-dimer in predicting acute pulmonary embolism.

Patients and methods

Using the National Collaborative COVID-19 retrospective cohort, a cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients was studied to compare 90-day mortality and intubation outcomes in patients with and without pulmonary embolism in a multivariable cox regression analysis. The secondary measured outcomes in 1:4 propensity score-matched analysis included length of stay, chest pain incidence, heart rate, history of pulmonary embolism or DVT, and admission laboratory parameters.

Results

Among 31,500 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 1117 (3.5%) patients were diagnosed with acute pulmonary emboli

SUBMITTER: Gul MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9942071 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature