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Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Returning Travelers with Hypoxemic Pneumonia due to COVID-19 in Reunion Island.
- Source :
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2020 Aug; Vol. 103 (2), pp. 844-846. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 01. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of pulmonary embolism in returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19. All returning travelers to Reunion Island with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 underwent computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and were included in the cohort. Thirty-five patients were returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 and had recently returned from one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak (mainly from France and Comoros archipelago). Five patients (14.3%) were found to have pulmonary embolism and two (5.9%) were incidentally found to have deep vein thrombosis on CTPA. Patients with pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis had higher D-dimer levels than those without pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis ( P = 0.04). Returning travelers with hypoxemic pneumonia due to COVID-19 should be systematically screened for pulmonary embolism.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angiography
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Comoros
Coronavirus Infections complications
Female
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products analysis
France
Humans
Hypoxia virology
Lung diagnostic imaging
Lung pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral complications
Pulmonary Embolism virology
Reunion
SARS-CoV-2
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Travel
Venous Thrombosis virology
Coronavirus Infections diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Viral diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism diagnostic imaging
Venous Thrombosis diagnostic imaging
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-1645
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32618261
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0597