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ArticleJournal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care2023

Does COVID-19 vaccination protect against pulmonary embolism?

Simona Tantillo, Nicola Cilloni, Martina Guarnera, Francesco Talarico, Mario Citino, Mauro Silingardi, Leonardo Catalano, Michele Imbriani

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Article in Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simona TantilloBologna, Italy Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and EMS, Ospedale Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi".
Nicola CilloniBologna, Italy Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and EMS, Ospedale Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi".
Martina GuarneraBologna, Italy Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and EMS, Ospedale Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi".ORCID 0000-0001-8266-0595
Francesco TalaricoBologna, Italy Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and EMS, Ospedale Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi".
Mario CitinoBologna, Italy Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and EMS, Ospedale Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi".
Mauro SilingardiBologna, Italy Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi".
Leonardo CatalanoDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Radiology Unit, Ospedle Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi", Bologna, Italy.
Michele ImbrianiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Radiology Unit, Ospedle Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi", Bologna, Italy.
Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients is highly variable, depending on methodological and clinical factors, among which vaccination (1). The hypothesis of a possible protective role of vaccination in preventing pulmonary embolism (PE) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients has not been explored. The aim of the study was to evaluate PE prevalence in vaccinated versus unvaccinated hospitalized COVID-19 patients. We conducted a retrospective case-control study from 2021/11/01 to 2022/01/15; we reviewed all the chest computed topographies (chest-CT) performed because of a clinical suspicion for PE at our Institution. Sixty-two patients were included in the study: 27/62 (43.5%) were vaccinated and 35/62 (56.4%) were not. Vaccinated patients were older and with more comorbidities than unvaccinated people. Overall, PE was diagnosed in 19/62 patients (30.1% prevalence). CT Severity Score (CT-SS) differs between the two groups; not vaccinated patients had a more severe CT imaging than the vaccinated (< 0.00005). PE prevalence in ICU was 43.2% (16/37 patients), while in the Internal Medicine ward, it was 12% (3/25 cases). PE was significantly higher among unvaccinated people: 16/35 (45.7%) vs 3/27 (11.1%), OR

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COVID-19Pulmonary embolismUnvaccinated patientsVaccinated patients

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