Patients with Mild COVID-19 Symptoms and Coincident Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series

Introduction: Frequent thrombotic complications have been reported in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The risk in patients with mild disease is unknown. Case Report: We report a case series of three individuals recently diagnosed with COVID-19, who presented to th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine 2020-08, Vol.4 (3), p.295-298
Hauptverfasser: Joseph, Joshua, Roberts, Jonathan, Weaver, Cheri, Anderson, Jonathan, Wong, Matthew
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Frequent thrombotic complications have been reported in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The risk in patients with mild disease is unknown. Case Report: We report a case series of three individuals recently diagnosed with COVID-19, who presented to the emergency department with chest pain and were found to have pulmonary emboli. The patients had mild symptoms, no vital sign abnormalities, and were negative according to the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria. Conclusion: This suggests that patients with active or suspected COVID-19 should be considered at elevated risk for pulmonary embolism when presenting with chest pain, even without common risk factors for pulmonary embolism.
ISSN:2474-252X
2474-252X
DOI:10.5811/cpcem.2020.7.48254