To be sure, so-called "thrombotic events" occur for a variety of reasons among intensive care patients, but the rates among COVID-19 patients are far higher than would be otherwise expected. Blood clots aren't just dangerous for our limbs, but can make their way to the lungs, heart or brain, where they may cause lethal pulmonary embolisms, heart attacks, and strokes. Read Now »Behnood Bikdeli, a doctor at New York–Presbyterian Hospital, assembled an international consortium of experts to study the issue. Next, being in intensive care makes a person likelier to develop a clot because they are staying still for so long. SEE ALSO: Senegal confirms third and fourth coronavirus casesAutopsies have in fact shown some people's lungs filled with hundreds of microclots.

Source: Standard Digital April 28, 2020 04:18 UTC