A 10-fold and greater increase in D-dimer at admission in COVID-19 patients is highly predictive of pulmonary embolism in a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 patients present with both elevated D-dimer and a higher incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE). This single-centre retrospective observational study investigated the prevalence of early PE in COVID-19 patients and its relation to D-dimer at presentation. METHODS: The study includ...

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Autores principales: Perera, Adrian, Chowdary, Pratima, Johnson, James, Lamb, Lucy, Drebes, Anja, Mir, Naheed, Sood, Tara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8721362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34987740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20406207211048364

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