Prevalence and consequences of empiric anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism in patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a cautionary tale

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ² Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ³ Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ⁴ Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ⁵ The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sheikh Zayed 6107C, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ⁷ Department of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ⁸ The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ⁹ Department of Nursing, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ¹⁰ Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ¹¹ Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA. [email protected].
• ¹² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. [email protected].
• ¹³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. [email protected].
• ¹⁴ The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sheikh Zayed 6107C, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. [email protected].
• ¹⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. [email protected].