COVID-19 and Pulmonary Emboli: A Case Series and Literature Review
Introduction: There is recent evidence that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection results in a prothrombotic state that may increase the risk of venous thromboembolism. Both COVID-19 infection and pulmonary emboli can present with dyspnoea, tachypnoea, hypoxaemia and an elevated D-dimer. Ide...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0hj7b1dh |