Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report
We are reporting a 45-year-old woman with COVID-19 who presented to the Emergency Department with a transient loss of consciousness and was found to have a massive pulmonary embolism and an acute stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case that calls for attention to the importance of...
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| author | Mohammed AlSheef Abdul Rehman Z. Zaidi Majid Abonab Mona Obaid Khalid Bawazir Syed Ziauddin A. Zaidi Ghaydaa J. Kullab Sultan Alawfi Mushira Enani |
| author_facet | Mohammed AlSheef Abdul Rehman Z. Zaidi Majid Abonab Mona Obaid Khalid Bawazir Syed Ziauddin A. Zaidi Ghaydaa J. Kullab Sultan Alawfi Mushira Enani |
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| description | We are reporting a 45-year-old woman with COVID-19 who presented to the Emergency Department with a transient loss of consciousness and was found to have a massive pulmonary embolism and an acute stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case that calls for attention to the importance of vigilance for such a catastrophic presentation of COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c82faaf6dd634e95a921a398f9491b1c2022-12-21T22:11:31ZengElsevierJournal of Infection and Public Health1876-03412021-05-01145647650Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case reportMohammed AlSheef0Abdul Rehman Z. Zaidi1Majid Abonab2Mona Obaid3Khalid Bawazir4Syed Ziauddin A. Zaidi5Ghaydaa J. Kullab6Sultan Alawfi7Mushira Enani8Medical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author at: Medical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, POBox 59046, Riyadh, 11525, Saudi Arabia.Medical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMedical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaNational Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMedical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Adult Hematology/BMT, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMedical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaInfectious Diseases Section, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaInfectious Diseases Section, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaWe are reporting a 45-year-old woman with COVID-19 who presented to the Emergency Department with a transient loss of consciousness and was found to have a massive pulmonary embolism and an acute stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case that calls for attention to the importance of vigilance for such a catastrophic presentation of COVID-19.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034121000149CoronavirusCoronavirus infectionsBeta coronavirusVenous thromboembolismStrokePulmonary embolism |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed AlSheef Abdul Rehman Z. Zaidi Majid Abonab Mona Obaid Khalid Bawazir Syed Ziauddin A. Zaidi Ghaydaa J. Kullab Sultan Alawfi Mushira Enani Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report Journal of Infection and Public Health Coronavirus Coronavirus infections Beta coronavirus Venous thromboembolism Stroke Pulmonary embolism |
| title | Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report |
| title_full | Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report |
| title_short | Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report |
| title_sort | dual catastrophe of covid 19 massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient a case report |
| topic | Coronavirus Coronavirus infections Beta coronavirus Venous thromboembolism Stroke Pulmonary embolism |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034121000149 |
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