Massive pulmonary embolism following recovery from COVID-19 infection : inflammation, thrombosis and the role of extended thromboprophylaxis

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COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by a recently discovered SARS-CoV-2. Following an initial outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the virus has spread globally culminating in the WHO declaring a pandemic on 11 March 2020. We present the case of a patient with an initial presentation of COVID-19 pneumonitis requiring mechanical ventilation for nearly 2 weeks and total admission time of 3 weeks. She was given prophylactic dose anticoagulation according to hospital protocol during this time. Following a week at home, she was readmitted with acute massive pulmonary embolism with severe respiratory and cardiac failure, representing the first such case in the literature.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

BMJ case reports - 13(2020), 9 vom: 13. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vadukul, Prakash [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Deepak S [VerfasserIn]
Vincent, Paul [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adult intensive care
Anticoagulants
Case Reports
Journal Article
Pulmonary embolism

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.09.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bcr-2020-238168

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315008318