Open AccessThromboembolic Events and Role of Point of Care Ultrasound in Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients Needing Intensive Care Unit Admission
Author(s) -
Sumit Kapoor,
Sudham Chand,
Vladyslav Dieiev,
Melissa Fazzari,
Tristan Tanner,
David Lewandowski,
Anil Nalla,
Omar Abdulfattah,
Michael S. Aboodi,
Ariel L. Shiloh,
Michelle N. Gong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of intensive care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1525-1489
pISSN - 0885-0666
DOI - 10.1177/0885066620964392
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , intensive care unit , cumulative incidence , pulmonary embolism , pneumonia , emergency medicine , intensive care , prospective cohort study , coagulopathy , thrombosis , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , cohort , disease , physics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics
Covid-19 associated coagulopathy (CAC) is associated with prothrombotic state and thromboembolism. However, true incidence of thromboembolic events is difficult to determine in the ICU setting. The aim of our study was to investigate the cumulative incidence of thromboembolic events in Covid-19 patients needing intensive care unit (ICU) admission and assessing the utility of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) to screen for and diagnose lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT).