Incidence, risk factors, and thrombotic load of pulmonary embolism in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection
A Garcia-Ortega, G Oscullo, P Calvillo… - Journal of Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the incidence, characteristics, and risk factors of pulmonary
embolism (PE) among patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Patients and Methods We
performed a prospective observational study of a randomly selected cohort of consecutive
patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection between March 8, 2020 through April 25, 2020.
All eligible patients underwent a computed tomography pulmonary angiography
independently of their PE clinical suspicion and were pre-screened for a baseline elevated …
embolism (PE) among patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Patients and Methods We
performed a prospective observational study of a randomly selected cohort of consecutive
patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection between March 8, 2020 through April 25, 2020.
All eligible patients underwent a computed tomography pulmonary angiography
independently of their PE clinical suspicion and were pre-screened for a baseline elevated …