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ArticleCritical care explorations2021

Presence of Spontaneous Echo Contrast on Point-of-Care Vascular Ultrasound and the Development of Major Clotting Events in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients.

Randi Connor-Schuler, Lisa Daniels, Caroline Coleman, Danny Harris, Nicole Herbst, Babar Fiza

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Article in Critical care explorations, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Randi Connor-SchulerDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Lisa DanielsDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Caroline ColemanDepartment of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Danny HarrisDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Nicole HerbstDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Babar FizaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Emory Critical Care Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Emory University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of spontaneous echo contrast on ultrasonography is a predisposition to increased thromboembolic risk. The purpose of this study was to assess for the prevalence and consequences of spontaneous echo contrast on point-of-care vascular ultrasound in coronavirus disease 2019. DESIGN SETTING AND PATIENTS: This was a retrospective cohort study of 39 adult patients admitted to the ICU with a confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 diagnosis at a large tertiary-care academic medical center. Patients were included if they had undergone a vascular ultrasound examination during their ICU admission. Overall, 48 venous ultrasound studies among the 39 patients were reviewed in blinded fashion by two reviewers for the presence of venous spontaneous echo contrast, and charts were analyzed for laboratory data and outcomes. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS S: pontaneous echo contrast correlated with serum viscosity (mean values of 2.64, 2.54, and 2.04 cP for dense spontaneous echo contrast, spontaneous echo contrast , and no spontaneous echo contrast, respectively, with a

conclusionsPoint-of-care venous ultrasonography is easily performed and reliably interpreted for visualization of spontaneous echo contrast. The presence of spontaneous echo contrast in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 is associated with hyperviscosity and increased rates of thrombotic events and complications.

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coronavirus disease 2019fibrinogenpoint of carethrombosisultrasonographyviscosity

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PMCPMC7803667
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