Occurrence of pulmonary embolism related to COVID-19
- PDF / 795,985 Bytes
- 7 Pages / 595.276 x 790.866 pts Page_size
- 4 Downloads / 181 Views
Occurrence of pulmonary embolism related to COVID‑19 Marie Hauguel‑Moreau1,2,11,12 · Mostafa El Hajjam3,4 · Quentin De Baynast1 · Antoine Vieillard‑Baron2,5 · Anne‑Sophie Lot6 · Thierry Chinet7,8 · Hazrije Mustafic1,2 · Céline Bégué1 · Robert Yves Carlier3,4 · Guillaume Geri2,5 · Olivier Dubourg1,2 · Sébastien Beaune9,10 · Nicolas Mansencal1,2 Accepted: 24 September 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Recent reports have suggested an increased risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) related to COVID-19. The aim of this cohort study is to compare the incidence of PE during a 3-year period and to assess the characteristics of PE in COVID-19. We studied consecutive patients presenting with PE (January 2017–April 2020). Clinical presentation, computed tomography (CT) and biological markers were systematically assessed. We recorded the global number of hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and during the same period in 2018-2019. We included 347 patients: 326 without COVID-19 and 21 with COVID-19. Patients with COVID-19 experienced more likely dyspnea (p=0.04), had lower arterial oxygen saturation (p
Data Loading...
