id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-291483-ni6toh8c Kermani-Alghoraishi, Mohammad A Review of Venous Thromboembolism Phenomena in COVID-19 Patients 2020-08-28 .txt text/plain 1975 101 37 One of the most important known complications of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the occurrence of venous thromboembolic (VTE) events, especially in critically ill patients and hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Diagnosis of VTE disease, especially pulmonary embolism, in patients with SARS-CoV 2 infections are incredibly difficult and challenging. As the first para-clinical approach in the diagnostic algorithm of pulmonary embolism, the use of D-dimer in the patients admitted with SARS-CoV 2 infection is controversial, because this marker has been increased as an acute reaction factor in hospitalized patients in need of respiratory care and loses its predictive value due to its low specificity (28) . Finally, according to recent studies, it is recommended that most of the hospitalized COVID-19 patients, especially critically ill patients admitted to ICU or cases with high D-dimer level, use pharmacological VTE prophylaxis (23, 37) . ./cache/cord-291483-ni6toh8c.txt ./txt/cord-291483-ni6toh8c.txt