Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease.
Case Rep Crit Care
; 2020: 8880143, 2020.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32934849
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a viral illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has caused a widespread global pandemic. The symptoms of COVID-19 can vary from mild upper respiratory symptoms to severe pneumonia with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Multiple studies and reports have reported a hypercoagulable state associated with this disease, and various recommendations have emerged to guide the use of anticoagulants for prophylaxis. We are reporting a case of symptomatic acute splenic thrombosis causing splenic infarction in a patient suffering from a severe case of COVID-19 and despite the use of an intermediate dose of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH). The patient was treated with full-dose anticoagulation and was eventually discharged home on a direct oral anticoagulant.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Case Rep Crit Care
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States