Forgetting "routine" deep venous thrombosis and stroke during COVID-19 is a parallel pandemic that will be costly if ignored

J Vasc Surg. 2020 Aug;72(2):761-763. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.04.486. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Authors

Steven K Rogers¹, Michael Hughes²

Affiliations

¹ Academic Surgery Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom; Independent Vascular Services Ltd, The Vascular Studies Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
² Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Humans
Incidence
Infection Control / standards
Missed Diagnosis
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards*
Primary Health Care / standards
Referral and Consultation / standards
SARS-CoV-2
State Medicine / standards
Stroke / diagnosis*
Stroke / epidemiology
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
United Kingdom / epidemiology
Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis*
Venous Thrombosis / epidemiology