SynthesisInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2021
Risk factors for pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19: a systemic review and meta-analysis.
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- Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in patients with pneumonia in the pre-COVID-19 era: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Investigating the prevalence of and predictive and risk factors for pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 in Nemazee Teaching Hospital.Blood research · 2023Article
- Pulmonary Thrombosis despite Therapeutic Anticoagulation in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Case Report and Literature Review.Viruses · 2023Review
- Changes and significance of vascular endothelial injury markers in patients with diabetes mellitus and pulmonary thromboembolism.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Article
- COVID-19 infection and its impact on case fatality in patients with pulmonary embolism.The European respiratory journal · 2023Article
- CT-Angiographic Aspects of Pulmonary Embolism on SARS COV-2.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2023Article
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- COVID-19 and Pulmonary Thrombosis-An Unresolved Clinical Puzzle: A Single-Center Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Characteristics and predictors of pulmonary embolism in patients admitted for COVID-19 with respiratory failure.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo detect the risk factors for pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with COVID-19.
methodsStudies were searched for in PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and EMBASE. Two authors independently screened articles and extracted data. The data were pooled by meta-analysis and three subgroup analyses were performed.
resultsOf the 2210 articles identified, 27 studies were included. Pooled analysis suggested that males (odds ratio (OR) 1.49, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.26-1.75, P = 0.000), obesity (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.03-1.82, P = 0.033), mechanical ventilation (OR 3.34, 95% CI 1.90-5.86, P = 0.000), severe parenchymal abnormalities (OR 1.92, 95% CI 1.43-2.58, P = 0.000), ICU admission (OR 2.44, 95% CI 1.48-4.03, P = 0.000), and elevated D-dimer and white blood cell values (at two time points: hospital admission or closest to computed tomography pulmonary angiography) (P = 0.000) correlated with a risk for PE occurrence in COVID-19 patients. However, age and common comorbidities had no association with PE occurrence. Computed tomography pulmonary angiography, unclear-ratio/low-ratio, and hospitalization subgroups had consistent risk factors with all studies; however, other subgroups had fewer risk factors for PE.
conclusionsRisk factors for PE in COVID-19 were different from the classic risk factors for PE and are likely to differ in diverse study populations.
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