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Pulmonary artery thrombosis in home patient with a mild COVID-19 disease Cover

Pulmonary artery thrombosis in home patient with a mild COVID-19 disease

Open Access
|Dec 2020

Abstract

COVID-19 has been described as the cause for a proinflammatory and hypercoagulable state that induces thrombotic vascular lesions and, in more severe cases, disseminated intravascular coagulation. Increased values of d-dimers are related to the severity of the disease and are associated with worst prognosis. Intensive care studies reported an increased risk of pulmonary embolism and venous thrombosis diseases in COVID-19 compared with the historical control group even in patients who underwent the low-molecular-weight heparin (LWMH) prophylaxis. Patients with COVID-19 who have a stable clinical condition do not require hospitalisation and are treated at home with symptomatic therapy. LWMH is reserved for those with reduced mobility. In this case report, we describe a COVID-19 patient with pulmonary artery thrombosis treated at home.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2020-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993
Language: English
Page range: 103 - 106
Published on: Dec 31, 2020
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2020 Alessandro Graziani, Marco Domenicali, Grazia Zanframundo, Francesco Palmese, Barbara Caroli, Pierluigi Cataleta, Ludovico Graziani, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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