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Editor, Senior Moderator
Thromb J
. 2022 Feb 14;20(1):8.
doi: 10.1186/s12959-022-00365-3.
The evolution of clot strength in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective observational thromboelastography study
Syed Nabeel Muzaffar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Suhail Sarwar Siddiqui[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nilanchal Chakraborty[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Afzal Azim[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The authors have done commendable work in exploring the utility of a comprehensive viscoelastic test for assessment of the coagulation cascade in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. This article published in your esteemed journal in November 2021 "The evolution of clot strength in critically-ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective observational thromboelastography study" found hypercoagulability in most of the patients at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission and also noted a persistently increased fibrin contribution to clot strength. However, we would like to comment upon a few points which may be of importance to the readers.
Keywords: COVID-19; Hypercoagulability; Thromboelastography (TEG); fibrinolysis.
. 2022 Feb 14;20(1):8.
doi: 10.1186/s12959-022-00365-3.
The evolution of clot strength in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective observational thromboelastography study
Syed Nabeel Muzaffar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Suhail Sarwar Siddiqui[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nilanchal Chakraborty[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Afzal Azim[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35164798
- DOI: 10.1186/s12959-022-00365-3
Abstract
The authors have done commendable work in exploring the utility of a comprehensive viscoelastic test for assessment of the coagulation cascade in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. This article published in your esteemed journal in November 2021 "The evolution of clot strength in critically-ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective observational thromboelastography study" found hypercoagulability in most of the patients at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission and also noted a persistently increased fibrin contribution to clot strength. However, we would like to comment upon a few points which may be of importance to the readers.
Keywords: COVID-19; Hypercoagulability; Thromboelastography (TEG); fibrinolysis.