Open AccessPulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 and the Unanswered Questions
Author(s) -
Anchit Bharat,
Nikita Jain,
Veerpal Singh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-4163
pISSN - 1923-4155
DOI - 10.14740/jmc3488
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pulmonary embolism , intensive care medicine , randomized controlled trial , venous thromboembolism , presentation (obstetrics) , coronavirus , disease , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , thrombosis , outbreak , pathology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has ravaged the global society as we know it. As almost a dozen pharmaceutical agents go into randomized controlled clinical trials, multiple studies have surfaced trying to associate a hypercoagulable state to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. We report two COVID-19 cases who presented with occlusive pulmonary embolism (PE) strongly supporting a hypercoagulable state incurred by SARS-CoV-2. This is significant as it is one of the early reports of such an initial presentation of COVID-19 in the USA. Through our report, we invite the medical community to share a perspective about long-term management guidelines for SARS-CoV-2 associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) and prompt future research.