Authors: Toshiaki Iba 1, Jean Marie Connors 2, Jerrold H Levy 3 PMID: 32918567 PMCID: PMC7486586 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-020-01401-6 Abstract Background COVID-19-associated coagulopathy (CAC) characterized by the elevated D-dimer without remarkable changes of other global coagulation markers is associated…[...]
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Authors: Zhen W Mei, Xander M R van Wijk, Huy P Pham, Maximo J Marin The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1305–1315, https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfab042Published: 13 June 2021 Abstract…[...]
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Authors: Dhauna P. Karam, MD1 Incidence of thrombotic complications in patients with COVID-19 who are critically ill is high, with an estimated incidence of 31% for arterial or venous thromboembolism…[...]
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Authors: Geoffrey D Wool 1, Jonathan L Miller 2 Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes a spectrum of disease; some patients develop a severe proinflammatory state which can be associated with a unique…[...]
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Authors: Jia Yu, Xuan Yuan, Hang Chen, Shruti Chaturvedi, Evan M. Braunstein, Robert A. Brodsky Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly contagious respiratory virus that can lead to venous/arterial thrombosis, stroke,…[...]
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Authors: Richard N. Fogoros, MD The D-dimer test is a blood test that indicates whether blood clots are being actively formed somewhere within a person’s vascular system. This test is most often…[...]
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Authors: T Schutte 1, A Thijs, Y M Smulders D-dimer is routinely measured as part of the clinical diagnosis algorithms for venous thromboembolism (VTE). In these algorithms, low D- dimer cut-off values are…[...]
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