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The ability of COVID-19 patients' blood to coagulate after withdrawn to EDTA tube: A case report
Abstract
In the same family, the SARS-COV-2 virus is more virulent than the other virus, and it is known in many patients that it causes extreme symptoms ranging from high-grade fever, cough, dyspnea, to gastrointestinal and hematological symptoms.
The extreme inflammatory state secondary to Covid‐19 may lead to a severe imbalance in hemostasis as found recently in a condition of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and consumption coagulopathy, identified as decreased platelet count, increased fibrin or fibrinogen and red blood cells destruction which growing ferritin.
The virus has the ability to cause red blood cell hemolysis even if the blood is inside the EDTA tube, which reflects the virulent traits of the virus and its non-understandable pathogenesis, which is still suspected.
The damage caused by the tissue may increase the level of lactic acid dehydrogenase and may be an indicator of the amount of damage caused by the disease in the organs of the body.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Case Report
Authors
Publication Date
December 31, 2020
Submission Date
July 21, 2020
Acceptance Date
December 8, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 42 Number: 4