Concept

Differences in 28-day mortality of severe COVID-19 patients by D-dimer level among those given unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) compared to control group given no anticoagulant.

  • Among those given no anticoagulant, mortality increased as D-dimer levels increased

  • Among treatment group, mortality stayed about the same

  • “When D-dimer exceeding 3.0 μg/mL (6-fold of upper limit of normal, six ULN), ap- proximate 20% reduction in mortality with heparin treat was found (32.8% vs 52.4%, P = .017).”

  • Odds ratios, confidence intervals can be found in table 4 in child node

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Updated 2020-06-17

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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Biomedical Sciences