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  • PURPOSE: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with thrombotic complications such as stroke and venous thromboembolism (VTE), and VTE prophylaxis for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 is recommended. However, extended postdischarge VTE prophylaxis and VTE prophylaxis for nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19 are not routinely recommended due to uncertain benefit in these populations. SUMMARY: Here we report development of a pulmonary embolism (PE) in a young patient without other VTE risk factors who was treated for COVID-19 in an emergency department (ED) and discharged home without VTE prophylaxis, which was consistent with current recommendations. The patient presented to the ED 12 days later with complaints of chest pain for 1 day and was found to have a PE within the segmental and subsegmental branches of the left lower lobe. CONCLUSION: This case suggests that nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19 may be at higher risk for VTE than patients with other medical illnesses and warrants further research into the risk of VTE in outpatients with COVID-19.
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?:doi
  • 10.1093/ajhp/zxaa286
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?:journal
  • Am_J_Health_Syst_Pharm
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/a1699fa344e6b184fddfc8451b20800bdadb89ab.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7454312.xml.json
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?:pmid
?:pmid
  • 32780839.0
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  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Development of pulmonary embolism in a nonhospitalized patient with COVID-19 who did not receive venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
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?:year
  • 2020-08-11

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