Critically ill COVID-19 infected patients exhibit increased clot waveform analysis parameters consistent with hypercoagulability

Am J Hematol. 2020 Jul;95(7):E156-E158. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25822. Epub 2020 May 4.

Authors

Chuen Wen Tan^{1

2}, Jenny Guek Hong Low^{3

4}, Wan Hui Wong¹, Ying Ying Chua^{3

5}, Sher Li Goh², Heng Joo Ng¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Pathology, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke NUS Medical School, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Betacoronavirus*
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / blood*
Critical Illness
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / analysis
Humans
Hyperlipidemias / blood
Hyperlipidemias / complications
Hypertension / blood
Hypertension / complications
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Partial Thromboplastin Time* / statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral / blood*
SARS-CoV-2
Thrombophilia / blood*
Thrombophilia / etiology

Substances

Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
fibrin fragment D
C-Reactive Protein