Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in children has been associated with thrombosis, though few cases of COVID-associated pulmonary embolism (PE) have been described. We performed a retrospective review of the nine cases of COVID-19-associated PE during the B.1617.2 variant surge at Texas Children’s Hospital. The patient cohort largely contained unvaccinated obese adolescents. All patients were critically ill with two requiring catheter-directed thrombolysis in addition to anticoagulation. Eight of the nine patients had COVID pneumonia along with PE. This report stresses the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for PE in pediatric COVID-19 infection and vaccinating obese adolescent patients.
Keywords: COVID-19; anticoagulation; pulmonary embolism.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, anticoagulation, pulmonary embolism., 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, Coronavirus disease 2019, anticoagulation, thrombosis, pediatric, children, variant, Infection, Critically ill, COVID-19 infection, Pulmonary embolism, Patient, COVID pneumonia, patients, retrospective, retrospective review, obese, suspicion, patient cohort, described, performed, addition, nine, 【제목키워드】 pediatric, Infection, patients with COVID-19, the SARS-CoV-2,