Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island

The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of pulmonary embolism in returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19. All returning travelers to Reunion Island with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 underwent computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and were included...

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Autores principales: Larsen, Kevin, Coolen-Allou, Nathalie, Masse, Laurie, Angelino, Alexandre, Allyn, Jérôme, Bruneau, Lea, Maillot, Adrien, Lagrange-Xelot, Marie, Vitry, Thierry, André, Michel, Travers, Jean Yves, Foch, Emilie, Allou, Nicolas
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7410458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32618261
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0597
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author Larsen, Kevin
Coolen-Allou, Nathalie
Masse, Laurie
Angelino, Alexandre
Allyn, Jérôme
Bruneau, Lea
Maillot, Adrien
Lagrange-Xelot, Marie
Vitry, Thierry
André, Michel
Travers, Jean Yves
Foch, Emilie
Allou, Nicolas
author_facet Larsen, Kevin
Coolen-Allou, Nathalie
Masse, Laurie
Angelino, Alexandre
Allyn, Jérôme
Bruneau, Lea
Maillot, Adrien
Lagrange-Xelot, Marie
Vitry, Thierry
André, Michel
Travers, Jean Yves
Foch, Emilie
Allou, Nicolas
author_sort Larsen, Kevin
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description The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of pulmonary embolism in returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19. All returning travelers to Reunion Island with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 underwent computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and were included in the cohort. Thirty-five patients were returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 and had recently returned from one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak (mainly from France and Comoros archipelago). Five patients (14.3%) were found to have pulmonary embolism and two (5.9%) were incidentally found to have deep vein thrombosis on CTPA. Patients with pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis had higher D-dimer levels than those without pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis (P = 0.04). Returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 should be systematically screened for pulmonary embolism.
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spelling pubmed-74104582020-08-07 Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island Larsen, Kevin Coolen-Allou, Nathalie Masse, Laurie Angelino, Alexandre Allyn, Jérôme Bruneau, Lea Maillot, Adrien Lagrange-Xelot, Marie Vitry, Thierry André, Michel Travers, Jean Yves Foch, Emilie Allou, Nicolas Am J Trop Med Hyg Articles The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of pulmonary embolism in returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19. All returning travelers to Reunion Island with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 underwent computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and were included in the cohort. Thirty-five patients were returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 and had recently returned from one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak (mainly from France and Comoros archipelago). Five patients (14.3%) were found to have pulmonary embolism and two (5.9%) were incidentally found to have deep vein thrombosis on CTPA. Patients with pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis had higher D-dimer levels than those without pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis (P = 0.04). Returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 should be systematically screened for pulmonary embolism. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020-08 2020-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7410458/ /pubmed/32618261 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0597 Text en © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Larsen, Kevin
Coolen-Allou, Nathalie
Masse, Laurie
Angelino, Alexandre
Allyn, Jérôme
Bruneau, Lea
Maillot, Adrien
Lagrange-Xelot, Marie
Vitry, Thierry
André, Michel
Travers, Jean Yves
Foch, Emilie
Allou, Nicolas
Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island
title Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island
title_full Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island
title_fullStr Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island
title_short Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island
title_sort detection of pulmonary embolism in returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to covid-19 in reunion island
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7410458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32618261
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0597
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