COVID-19
As we progress through the COVID-19 pandemic, research into the pathogenesis of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has revealed a complex range of symptoms associated with the disease. Recently, evidence has been mounting that a significant proportion of patients with severe COVID-19 have coagulation abnormalities. Studies from the Netherlands and France have even suggested that blood clots may arise in as many as 20-30% of critically ill COVID-19 patients (Klok et al., 2020; Poissy et al., 2020).
So why would an infection of the respiratory tract cause blood clots? Could anticoagulants increase COVID-19 survival?
Do anticoagulants increase COVID-19 survival?
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