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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5777/1510099

Using Thromboelastography to Treat Patients with COVID-19-Associated Coagulopathy: A Case Report from the Front Lines

Crista E. Horton, MD, Vincent Athas, MD, Stacey L. Tannenbaum, PhD, Jose Lozada, MD and John Berne, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/06/18

There has been increasing evidence to support that COVID-19 infection is associated with hypercoagulable complications due to a systemic inflammatory response indirectly activating the coagulation cascade. This phenomenon has been termed, COVID-19-associated coagulopathy. Uniquely, trauma patients are highly susceptible to thromboembolic events. Monitoring for adequate chemical prophylaxis against these events is difficult, especially with superimposed COVID-19 infection....

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