Confirmation of the high cumulative incidence of thrombotic complications in critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19: an updated analysis

FA Klok, M Kruip, NJM Van der Meer, MS Arbous… - Thrombosis research, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction We recently reported a high cumulative incidence of thrombotic complications in
critically ill patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care units (ICUs) of three Dutch
hospitals. In answering questions raised regarding our study, we updated our database and
repeated all analyses. Methods We re-evaluated the incidence of the composite outcome of
symptomatic acute pulmonary embolism (PE), deep-vein thrombosis, ischemic stroke,
myocardial infarction and/or systemic arterial embolism in all COVID-19 patients admitted to …