
Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism and Effect of Anticoagulant Dosing in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Author(s) -
Gagan Kumar,
Dhaval Patel,
Tariq Odeh,
Erine Rojas,
Ankit Sakhuja,
Mark Meersman,
Drew Dalton,
Rahul Nanchal,
Achuta Kumar Guddati
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-1220
pISSN - 1927-1212
DOI - 10.14740/jh836
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , odds ratio , confidence interval , dosing , incidence (geometry) , coagulopathy , venous thrombosis , logistic regression , thrombosis , physics , optics
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by coagulopathy and thrombotic events. We examined factors associated with development of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 and to discern if higher dose of anticoagulation was beneficial in these patients.