Extremely High Incidence of Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in 48 Patients With Severe COVID-19 in Wuhan.

Keywords: COVID-19; venous thrombosis EN COVID-19 venous thrombosis 181 183 3 07/16/20 20200714 NES 200714 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused >4 million infections and 280 000 deaths worldwide (as of May 13, 2020). During the 2002 severe acute respiratory syndrome pandemic, the incidences of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism were 20.5% and 11.4% in autopsy cases.[2] Whether thrombosis contributes to the high mortality of COVID-19 remains unclear. In terms of patient deaths, as of April 16, 2020, 2 patients (28.6%) in the no DVT group, 10 (27.8%) in the isolated distal DVT group, and 3 (60%) in the proximal DVT group died ( I P i =0.43). [Extracted from the article]