As more evidence emerges that COVID-19 is tied to an increased risk of dangerous blood clots, new research suggests that giving patients blood thinners may improve their odds of survival.
Doctors at New York City's Mount Sinai Health System also reported a series of five such cases in an article published April 28 in thePatients ranged in age from 33 to 49 years of age -- very young to be hit by stroke.
Of those patients, 28% received a full-treatment dose of blood thinners, an amount usually given to people who have or are suspected to have blood clots.Blood thinner therapy was associated with improved survival among COVID-19 patients both in and out of intensive care, the study authors said. Importantly, there was no significant difference in bleeding events among patients who received or didn't receive blood thinners, according to the study published May 6 in the"This research demonstrates anticoagulants taken orally, subcutaneously, or intravenously may play a major role in caring for COVID-19 patients, and these may prevent possible deadly events associated with coronavirus, including heart attack, stroke, and pulmonary embolism [clot in the lungs]," Fuster said.
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