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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 148-149 |
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Illustration: Thromboelastography – A useful tool to monitor COVID-19-associated coagulopathy
Ashwinkumar Vaidya, Bemma Paonam, Ganesh Mohan, Shamee Shastry
Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Shamee Shastry
Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ajts.ajts_73_21
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COVID 19 is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus-2 which results in wide range of manifestations. Systemic hypercoagulation is a typical feature of COVID-19. We present a case of COVID-19 in whom TEG was performed on admission and hypercoagulability was diagnosed and hence patient was started on Enoxaparin sodium 6000 IU twice daily. TEG was repeated after 5 days which showed normal coagulation status and the patient was discharged without any thrombotic complications.
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