Blood test dynamics in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Potential utility of D-dimer for pulmonary embolism diagnosis.

Pau CerdàJesus RibasAdriana IriarteJosé María Mora-LujánRaquel TorresBelén Del RíoHéctor Ignacio JofreYolanda RuizMarta HuguetMari Paz FusetSergio Martínez-YélamosSalud SantosNúria LlechaXavier CorbellaAntoni Riera-Mestre

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, D-dimer levels are higher at weeks 2, 3 and 4 after COVID-19 symptom onset in patients who develop PE. This difference is more pronounced when the fold increase between weeks 1 and 2 is compared.

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