Alonso FJE, Alonso EI

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: There are several studies that point to the association among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and venous thromboembolic disease. Objective: To evaluate the risk factors and sex differences for venous thromboembolism disease (VTED), diagnosed in hospital emergency departments, and the incidence before and during COVID-19 period. Methods: a retrospective, observational study population of patients attended in the emergency department of our hospitals and diagnosed with VTED from 1 january of 2018 to 28 february of 2021. Results: From a total of 698652 patients during the inclusión period, 3425 (0,5%) of them were diagnosed with VTED. In all 43,62% had pulmonary embolism (PE), and 56,38% deep venous thrombosis (DVT). The incidence rate were 445 per 100000 patients-year in 2019, 467 in 2020 and 474 in 2021. Mean age was 67,6 years and 50,5% were men. In our study VTED was more frequent in men, except in younger and older patients. The most important risk factors for VTED were age and previus VTE. In women we added the severe left ventricular dysfunction and in men the ventricular tachycardia. The most frequent symptom of PE was dyspnea whereas in DVT, the most common symptom was an increase in limb diameter. In-emergency department mortality was 0,05% for DTV and 1,74% for PE. Conclusions: the COVID-19 pandemic period is associated with an increasing incidence of patients with VTED. It´s more frequent in older patients and with previus VTE.