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SUBMITTER: Barrett CD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484332 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 20200901 3
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented stresses on modern medical systems, overwhelming the resource infrastructure in numerous countries while presenting a unique series of pathophysiologic clinical findings. Thrombotic coagulopathy is common in critically ill patients suffering from COVID-19, with associated high rates of respiratory failure requiring prolonged periods of mechanical ventilation. Here, we report a case series of five patients suffering from pr ...[more]