Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

A guideline for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Saeed Safari 1, 2
Mahmoud Yousefifard 3

1 Proteomics Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Emergency Department, Shohadye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Physiology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2020.30
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first emerged from Wuhan, China, in late 2019, and has since been spreading progressively all around the world. Its prevalence is climbing increasingly and almost all countries worldwide are confronting this pandemic. As of April 11, 2020, reports obtained about the management of COVID-19 patients indicate that the mortality rate of the disease is around 5% with consideration of the active cases and 21% of the closed cases

Keywords

Treatment
Covid 19
thromboembolism
Subjects
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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 7, Issue 1
January 2021
Pages 4-6

  • Receive Date 09 May 2020
  • Revise Date 21 August 2020
  • Accept Date 29 August 2020

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