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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Internal Medicine • Thrombosis • COVID-19 • Hematology • Pediatric Hematology
Would you recommend anticoagulation prophylaxis for a pediatric patient admitted with COVID-19?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
COVID-19 disease in children seems to be less severe than adults based on the current literature and our personal experience at Children's Hospitals. Among adults, the coagulopathy is beginning to be described with elevated inflammatory markers and other markers of coagulation activation, including ...
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
If you are interested in this question, Dr. Neil Goldenberg from Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Tampa, FL, is recruiting sites to submit a clinical trial addressing this topic. Please let me know, thanks.
Answer from: at Academic Institution
The American Society of Hematology has provided some information to answer this question: https://www.hematology.org/covid-19/covid-19-and-vte-anticoagulation