RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Impact and role of pulmonary embolism response teams in venous thromboembolism associated with COVID-19
JF Journal of Investigative Medicine
JO J Investig Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1153
OP 1155
DO 10.1136/jim-2021-001856
VO 69
IS 6
A1 Porres-Aguilar, Mateo
A1 Tapson, Victor F
A1 Rivera-Lebron, Belinda N
A1 Rali, Parth M
A1 Jiménez, David
A1 Porres-Muñoz, Mateo
A1 Barraza, Sarah
A1 Muñoz, Oscar C
A1 Mukherjee, Debabrata
YR 2021
UL http://jim.bmj.com/content/69/6/1153.abstract
AB Venous thromboembolism associated with COVID-19, particularly acute pulmonary embolism, may represent a challenging and complex clinical scenario. The benefits of having a multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response team (PERT) can be important during such a pandemic. The aim of PERT in the care of such patients is to provide fast, appropriate, multidisciplinary, team-based approach, with the common goal to tailor the best therapeutic decision making, prioritizing always optimal patient care, especially given lack of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in the setting of COVID-19, which potentially confers a significant prothrombotic state. Herein, we would like to briefly emphasize the importance and potential critical role of PERT in the care of patients in which these two devastating illnesses are present together.