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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2021 Mar 12;13(3):e13848.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.13848.
Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in Patients Recovered From Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection
Falmata Laouan Brem[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hammam Rasras[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Noha El Ouafi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zakaria Bazid[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Hypercoagulability state is common in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially those requiring intensive care. Indeed, anticoagulation therapy is recommended for all hospitalized COVID-19-patients. Despite well-conducted thromboprophylaxis, so many patients have developed these life-threatening complications. However, these thrombotic events are not known to occur in asymptomatic COVID-19 patients or in those recovered from active severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. This case series of a bilateral pulmonary embolism that occurred in patients recovered from asymptomatic COVID-19 highlights the questions about extending thromboprophylaxis in ambulatory patients with COVID-19.
Keywords: asymptomatic disease; bilateral pulmonary embolism; post-covid-19; thromboprophylaxis.
. 2021 Mar 12;13(3):e13848.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.13848.
Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in Patients Recovered From Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection
Falmata Laouan Brem[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hammam Rasras[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Noha El Ouafi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zakaria Bazid[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33854858
- PMCID: PMC8038649
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.13848
Abstract
Hypercoagulability state is common in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially those requiring intensive care. Indeed, anticoagulation therapy is recommended for all hospitalized COVID-19-patients. Despite well-conducted thromboprophylaxis, so many patients have developed these life-threatening complications. However, these thrombotic events are not known to occur in asymptomatic COVID-19 patients or in those recovered from active severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. This case series of a bilateral pulmonary embolism that occurred in patients recovered from asymptomatic COVID-19 highlights the questions about extending thromboprophylaxis in ambulatory patients with COVID-19.
Keywords: asymptomatic disease; bilateral pulmonary embolism; post-covid-19; thromboprophylaxis.