Dilemma of Anticoagulation Therapy in Mild or Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases

Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can be a life-threatening disease, which has emerged as a public health hazard. Thrombotic events have been reported in hospitalized patients with severe disease however scarce data is available regarding the screening o...

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Autores principales: Patel, Aditya, Ajayi, Folasade, Ali, Ruhma, Chan, Kok Hoe, Slim, Jihad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8648285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900472
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19291
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author Patel, Aditya
Ajayi, Folasade
Ali, Ruhma
Chan, Kok Hoe
Slim, Jihad
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description Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can be a life-threatening disease, which has emerged as a public health hazard. Thrombotic events have been reported in hospitalized patients with severe disease however scarce data is available regarding the screening of thromboembolic disease and pulmonary embolism in those with mild or asymptomatic infection. Herein, we describe the development of pulmonary embolism in two asymptomatic patients with COVID-19 and suggest the need for close monitoring and anticoagulation to prevent this life-threatening complication.
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spelling pubmed-86482852021-12-10 Dilemma of Anticoagulation Therapy in Mild or Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases Patel, Aditya Ajayi, Folasade Ali, Ruhma Chan, Kok Hoe Slim, Jihad Cureus Internal Medicine Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can be a life-threatening disease, which has emerged as a public health hazard. Thrombotic events have been reported in hospitalized patients with severe disease however scarce data is available regarding the screening of thromboembolic disease and pulmonary embolism in those with mild or asymptomatic infection. Herein, we describe the development of pulmonary embolism in two asymptomatic patients with COVID-19 and suggest the need for close monitoring and anticoagulation to prevent this life-threatening complication. Cureus 2021-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8648285/ /pubmed/34900472 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19291 Text en Copyright © 2021, Patel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Dilemma of Anticoagulation Therapy in Mild or Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases
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title_short Dilemma of Anticoagulation Therapy in Mild or Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases
title_sort dilemma of anticoagulation therapy in mild or asymptomatic covid-19 cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8648285/
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