Incidence of deep vein thrombosis through an ultrasound surveillance protocol in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in non-ICU setting: A multicenter prospective study.

Filippo PieralliFulvio PomeroMargherita GiampieriRossella MarcucciDomenico PriscoFabio LuiseAntonio ManciniAlessandro MiliaLucia SammicheliIrene TassinariFrancesca CaldiFrancesca InnocentiAntonio FaraoneChiara BeltrameRiccardo PiniAndrea UngarAlberto Fortini

Published in: PloS one (2021)

The incidence of DVT in acutely ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia is relevant. A surveillance protocol by serial CUS of the lower limbs is useful to timely identify DVT that would go otherwise largely undetected.

Keyphrases

public health
risk factors
randomized controlled trial
intensive care unit
magnetic resonance imaging
respiratory failure
mechanical ventilation
community acquired pneumonia
clinical trial
computed tomography