Open AccessHypercoagulable viscoelastic blood clot characteristics in critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients and associations with thrombotic complications
Author(s) -
David Roh,
Katherine A Eiseman,
Hannah Kirsch,
Nina Yoh,
Amelia Boehme,
Sachin Agarwal,
SooJin Park,
E. Sander Connolly,
Jan Claassen,
Gebhard Wagener
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000002963
Subject(s) - thromboelastometry , medicine , fibrinogen , thrombosis , confidence interval , coagulopathy , d dimer , covid-19 , gastroenterology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have frequent thrombotic complications and laboratory evidence of hypercoagulability. The relationship of coagulation tests and thrombosis requires investigation to identify best diagnostic and treatment approaches. We assessed for hypercoagulable characteristics in critically ill COVID-19 patients using rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) and explored relationships of D-dimer and ROTEM measurements with thrombotic complications.