Pulmonary Embolism and Increased Levels of d-Dimer in Patients with Coronavirus Disease

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Griffin, Daniel O. ; Jensen, Alexandra ; Khan, Mushmoom ; Chin, Jessica ; Chin, Kelly ; Saad, Jennifer ; Parnell, Ryan ; Awwad, Christopher ; Patel, Darshan
• Description:
  We report 3 patients with coronavirus disease who had a decline in respiratory status during their hospital course that responded well to intravenous steroids and interleukin-6 receptor antagonist therapy. These patients later showed development of persistent hypoxia with increased levels of d-dimer levels and were given a diagnosis of pulmonary embolisms.
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Aged Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized Anticoagulants Betacoronavirus Biomarkers Clinical Laboratory Techniques Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Cytokine Release Syndrome Enoxaparin Female Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products Humans Hypoxia Male Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate Middle Aged Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Pulmonary Embolism Rivaroxaban Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(8):1941-1943
• Pubmed ID:
  32348233
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7392455
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ce93608787e55da5855da1bbf77030fa4802aed91e7c144432a0aad2cc5d4d4a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/91577/cdc_91577_DS1.pdf
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