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authors: Scialpi, Michele; Scialp, Sara; Piscioli, Irene; Scalera, Giovanni; Longo, Fernando
title: Pulmonary thromboembolism in criticall ill COVID-19 patients
date: 2020-04-24
journal: Int J Infect Dis
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.056
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doc_id: 317500
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Dear Editor, the outbreak of novel Coronavirus disease 2019 in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province of China, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 21 st , and has since then forced the scientific community to consider two fundamental aspects: first off, SARS-CoV-2 does not only cause pneumonia and second, the death of many critical ill patients is caused by multiple organ failure (involving the heart, liver, kidneys, blood and immune system). Therefore, attention should be paid to potential multiorgan injury and its prevention should be part of the treatment of COVID-19 especially in critically ill patients (1).

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The Authors declare no conflicts of interest associated for the manuscript entiltled "Pulmonary thromboembolism in criticall ill COVID-19 patients