Prophylactic anticoagulation for patients in hospital with covid-19

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Early initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation for prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 mortality in patients admitted to hospital in the United States: cohort study

Christopher T. Rentsch et al.

Summary: The study found that early initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation was associated with decreased risk of 30 day mortality among patients hospitalized with covid-19 in the United States, without increasing the risk of serious bleeding events.

BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2021)

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Article Hematology

American Society of Hematology 2021 guidelines on the use of anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis in patients with COVID-19

Adam Cuker et al.

Summary: The American Society of Hematology provided two conditional recommendations for anticoagulation in COVID-19-related critical illness and acute illness, emphasizing the low certainty in the evidence and the importance of future high-quality randomized controlled trials for validation.

BLOOD ADVANCES (2021)

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Article Critical Care Medicine

A Comparison of Thrombosis and Hemorrhage Rates in Patients With Severe Respiratory Failure Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Influenza Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Andrew J. Doyle et al.

Summary: This study revealed that patients with coronavirus disease 2019 receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation had higher rates of venous thromboembolism and hemorrhage compared to patients with influenza.

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2021)

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