COVID-19: Pulmonary embolism not tied to increased mortality risk

Key clinical point: Presence of pulmonary embolism (PE) is not associated with increased mortality in patients with COVID-19 risk.

Major finding: Risk factors for PE in patients with COVID-19 included male sex, mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit admission, and circulating D-dimer. Patients with PE did not have an increased risk for mortality compared with those without PE (odds ratio, 1.31; P = .25).

Study details: The data come from a meta-analysis of 16 cohort studies involving 5,826 patients with COVID-19.

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Disclosures: No funding information was available. The authors declared no conflict of interests.

Source: Gómez CA et al. Sci Rep. 2021 Aug 6. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95512-7.