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. 2020 May 23;73(8):680–682. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2020.05.010

Table 2.

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism during the COVID–19-related lockdown period (14 March to 18 Abril, 2020) and during the no-lockdown period (14 March to 18 Abril, 2019)

Year Sex Age BMI Smoker HTA Hypercholesterolemia Diabetes Mental disorder PE risk factors COVID-19 d-dimer RV dysfunction DVT
Doppler US
DVT
Signs/symptoms
Death
2019 Female 73 34 Yes Yes No No No -Active lung cancer
-Obesity
- - Yes - Yes Yes
2019 Female 87 29 No Yes Yes Yes Anxiety -Reduced mobility
-Overweight
- 17 051 No Yes Yes No
2019 Male 44 28 No Yes Yes Yes No -Rheumatoid arthritis under treatment
-Overweight
- 7485 No Yes Yes No
2019 Female 86 29 No Yes Yes No No -Overweight
-Advanced age
- 15 059 No Yes Yes No
2019 Male 87 30 Former smoker Yes Yes No No -Vertebral fracture
-Obesity
- 1474 No - No Yes
2019 Female 84 31 Yes Yes Yes Yes No -Hip fracture
-Obesity
- - Yes - No
2019 Female 75 32 Yes Yes Yes Yes Parkinson
Anxiety
- Obesity - 6800 No No No No
2019 Male 76 30 No No Yes Yes Bipolar disorder -No active colorectal cancer
-Obesity
- 19 000 Yes Yes No No
2019 Female 83 25 No Yes Yes No Psychotic disorder
Dementia
- Active colorectal cancer - 71 649 No - Yes No
2020 Male 56 32 No Yes Yes No Anxiety -DVT under LMWH treatment
-Obesity
No 1117 No Yes Yes No
2020 Female 69 24 Yes No No No No -Previous PE with DVT No 2800 No Yes Yes No
2020 Female 43 23 No No No No No -Oral contraceptive No 4695 No No No No
2020 Female 34 25 No No No No Psychotic disorders -Psychotic attack
-Bedridden
-Obesity
No 63 409 Yes No No No
2020 Male 56 33 No No No No No -Previous DVT
-Obesity
No 2639 No Yes Yes No
2020 Male 62 17 Yes No No No No -Orchiepididymitis
-Bedridden
No - Yes No No No
2020 Male 83 21 Former smoker No No No No -Advanced age No 18 649 Yes - No No
2020 Female 56 23 Yes No Yes No Psychotic disorders No No 27 361 No Yes No No
2020 Male 81 28 No No Yes No -Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Positive 6057 No - No No
2020 Female 70 29 No Yes No No Depression -Overweight No 3685 No No No No
2020 Female 68 30 No Yes No Yes No -Active breast cancer
-Obesity
No 2006 No - No No
2020 Male 67 28 No Yes No No No -Previous PE with DVT No 15 252 Yes No No No
2020 Male 85 29 No Yes No No No -Advanced age
-Overweight
No 2310 Yes No No Yes
2020 Female 70 17 No Yes Yes No No -Ventricular dysfunction with heart failure No 800 Yes No No No
2020 Female 83 23 No Yes Yes Yes Dementia -COVID-19 infection discharged with negative PCR
-Advanced age
Discharged for COVID-19 infection 1 week before 13 340 No - No No
2020 Female 71 32 No No Yes No Parkinson's - Dementia -Parkinson's Dementia disease
-Obesity
No - Yes - No No
2020 Male 65 25 Yes Yes No No No Active pancreatic cancer under LMWH treatment No 137 741 No - No No

BMI, body mass index; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; LMWH, low molecular weight heparin; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; PE, pulmonary embolism; PHT, pulmonary hypertension; RV dysfunction, right ventricular dysfunction.