"Weighing" the risks and benefits - Thromboprophylaxis challenges in obese COVID-19 patients

Venkata Ram Pradeep Rokkam; Radhakrishna Vegunta; Kalyan Prudhvi; Rathnamitreyee Vegunta; Rajesh Kotagiri; Umesha Boregowda; Gurusaravanan Kutti Sridharan

doi:10.1016/j.obmed.2020.100284

"Weighing" the risks and benefits - Thromboprophylaxis challenges in obese COVID-19 patients

Obes Med. 2020 Sep:19:100284. doi: 10.1016/j.obmed.2020.100284. Epub 2020 Jul 29.

Authors

Venkata Ram Pradeep Rokkam¹, Radhakrishna Vegunta², Kalyan Prudhvi³, Rathnamitreyee Vegunta⁴, Rajesh Kotagiri¹, Umesha Boregowda⁵, Gurusaravanan Kutti Sridharan¹

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA.
² Medical Oncology, Sanford Health, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Fargo, ND, USA.
³ Nephrology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁴ Internal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
⁵ Internal Medicine, Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY, USA.

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Keywords: BMI, Body mass index; COVID-19; COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019; Heparin; LMWH, Low molecular weight heparin; Obesity; PCSK, pro-protein convertase subtilizing/Kexin; Pulmonary embolism; SARS-COV2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Thromboprophylaxis; VTE; VTE, Venous thromboembolism.

Publication types

Editorial