Among them, 2,453 (1
Response Rapid Response: Dexamethasone and thrombosis in COVID-19: less is more? Dear Editor, The findings from the dexamethasone arm of the
Outcome by laboratory markers as interaction with dose of dexamethasone, Table S1
Thromboembolism is more common in patients with critical COVID-19 than in other critically ill patients, and inflammation has been proposed as a possible
1 Altmetric Metrics Abstract Background Although the RECOVERY trial showed that dexamethasone was efficacious for the treatment of coronavirus disease
Case presentation: Here we report the case of a previously healthy 83-year-old woman with COVID-19, without any genetic predisposition to thrombosis
Dexamethasone treatment resulted in a two-fold decrease in
Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid that prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation
Within the past decade, combination lenalidomide and dexamethasone has become a standard of therapy for multiple myeloma and is now widely used
Methods: A single-center, retrospective, descriptive study, from May 2015 to September 2021, was conducted in AML adult cohort admitted for induction therapy at
due to possible Listeria
SVC syndrome is caused by obstruction of blood flow through the SVC and usually secondary to malignancy; however, recently, device-related SVC syndrome is increasing
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In most reports, the venous thromboembolic events have been symptomatic
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A blood clot can be very serious if it travels to your lungs (pulmonary embolism), although this isn’t common
Additionally, since COVID-19 patients are at considerably high risk
One study observed the effect of dexamethasone 10 mg for 5 days on PAI-1 in healthy male subjects and found no difference in PAI-1 or D-dimer after 5 days 11
1 It Disruption of the inner lining of a blood vessel associated with an aneurysm can cause formation of a blood clot with subsequent blockage of the blood vessel by the clot
The highest incidence (58%) was reported by Baz et al in their trial evaluating the use of thalidomide in association with doxorubicin, vincristine and dexamethasone
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Although platelets are important in the physiological homeostasis, their aggregation plays a crucial role in the thrombus formation (Majid et al
The age- and sex-adjusted incidence of VTE is more than 1‰ annually, including 0
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Although S aureus is the usual cause, broad-spectrum coverage for gram-positive, gram-negative, and anaerobic organisms should be instituted pending the outcome of cultures
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