Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission

Mitja Jevnikar; Olivier Sanchez; Richard Chocron; Marc Andronikof; Maurice Raphael; Olivier Meyrignac; Laure Fournier; David Montani; Benjamin Planquette; Mary Soudani; Athénaïs Boucly; Jeremie Pichon; Mariana Preda; Antoine Beurnier; Sophie Bulifon; Andrei Seferian; Xavier Jaïs; Olivier Sitbon; Laurent Savale; Marc Humbert; Florence Parent

doi:10.1183/13993003.00116-2021

Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission

Eur Respir J. 2021 Jul 20;58(1):2100116. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00116-2021. Print 2021 Jul.

Authors

Mitja Jevnikar^{1

2

3}, Olivier Sanchez^{4

5

6}, Richard Chocron^{6

7}, Marc Andronikof^{1

8}, Maurice Raphael^{1

9}, Olivier Meyrignac^{1

10}, Laure Fournier^{6

11}, David Montani^{1

2

3}, Benjamin Planquette^{4

5

6}, Mary Soudani^{1

12}, Athénaïs Boucly^{1

2

3}, Jeremie Pichon^{1

2

3}, Mariana Preda^{1

2

3}, Antoine Beurnier^{1

2

13}, Sophie Bulifon^{1

2

3}, Andrei Seferian^{1

2

3}, Xavier Jaïs^{1

2

3}, Olivier Sitbon^{1

2

3}, Laurent Savale^{1

2

3}, Marc Humbert^{1

2

3}, Florence Parent^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Université Paris-Saclay, Faculty of Medicine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
² INSERM UMR_S 999, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
³ AP-HP, Service de Pneumologie et soins intensifs respiratoires, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
⁴ AP-HP, Service de Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
⁵ INSERM UMR-S 1140; Paris, France and INNOVTE, St-Etienne, France.
⁶ Université Paris Descartes, Faculty of Medicine, Paris, France.
⁷ AP-HP, Service d'Urgence, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
⁸ AP-HP, Service d'Urgenc, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France.
⁹ AP-HP, Service d'Urgence, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
¹⁰ AP-HP, Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
¹¹ AP-HP, Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
¹² AP-HP, Service de gériatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
¹³ AP-HP, Service de physiologie et d'explorations fonctionnelles respiratoires (CRISALIS/F-CRIN network), Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

Abstract

There is a high prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission https://bit.ly/3reaLjv

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Hospitals
Humans
Prevalence
Pulmonary Embolism* / epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2