What is it about?
Patients admitted to our East London Hospitals with COVID-19 were more likely to develop clots and the routine screening blood test for blood clots, a D-dimer, was often higher in COVID-19 patients who developed clots.
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Why is it important?
COVID-19 patients with elevated blood markers for clots should be more closely monitored for clots and require higher doses of blood thinners.
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This page is a summary of: Late Breaking Abstract - Thromboembolic complications in COVID-19 patients admitted to two large East London hospitals, September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS),
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.4039.
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