id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-324245-cfiekxr4 Giorgi-Pierfranceschi, Matteo Prevalence of asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a cross-sectional study 2020-08-25 .txt text/plain 3765 200 40 In a single-center cross-sectional study, all patients hospitalized for more than 5 days in Internal Medicine Department with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia received 2-point compressive ultrasound assessment (CUS) of the leg vein system during a single day. Aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis of the legs in a cohort of patients admitted to Internal Medicine of Cremona Hospital, with severe SARS-Cov-2 infection and treated with standard thromboprophylaxis, in a period between 5 and 10 days from hospitalization. The main demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients with DVT are shown in Table 2 Discussion Our study shows that in patients admitted to a hospital medical ward because of COVID-19-associated pneumonia, the prevalence of silent proximal DVT was as high as 13.6%, despite standard anticoagulant prophylaxis. ./cache/cord-324245-cfiekxr4.txt ./txt/cord-324245-cfiekxr4.txt