Tag: COVID-19
Study reveals improved COVID-19-associated VTE outcomes in post-vaccine period
A recent study published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis has revealed a significant decrease in the incidence of mortality and major bleeding in...
Trial supports full-dose anticoagulation to prevent blood clots in COVID-19 patients
Treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients with full-dose anticoagulation lowers the risk of venous and arterial clotting complications by 44% compared with the standard...
Study finds increased risk of serious blood clots up to six...
A study from Sweden published by The BMJ recently finds an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) up to three months after COVID-19 infection,...
Anticoagulants effective for pulmonary embolism resolution in hospitalised COVID-19 patients
Anticoagulants alone are associated with a high rate of resolution of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with acute PE and COVID-19 infection. This was...
Use of non-medical staff should be considered to address “sorry state”...
Venous care in the UK is in a “sorry state at the moment”, Zola Mzimba (Derry, UK) tells Venous News. This is in part down...
Global surgery study finds recent or current COVID-19 infection linked to...
New research published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that venous thromboembolisms (VTEs) are 50% more likely to occur in patients...
Further research will soon generate standardised approach to VTE in COVID-19...
At VENOUS2021 (17–20 March, virtual), the annual meeting of the American Venous Forum, Geno Merli (Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA) gave a keynote...
Outpatient-based warfarin monitoring programme safely adapts to COVID-19 challenges
Faced with a need to limit hospital visits and conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) in the wake of COVID-19, an 11-centre, hospital-based anticoagulation monitoring...
Review of SVS VQI data reveals “dramatic reduction” in elective venous...
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) venous case volume and registry data entry was “sharply reduced” during the initial phase of...
VTE management in COVID-19: “Use evidence-based prophylaxis and enrol patients in...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients was a key topic on the agenda of The VEINS (Venous Endovascular INterventional Strategies) session at VIVA 2020...
A multidisciplinary approach to VTE in COVID-19 patients is warranted
The nature of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients is complex, and treatment strategies regarding drug type and dosing continue to evolve, writes Sanjum...
Interview: New registry data provide “high-quality answers” on thromboembolic complications in...
Describing the Northwell CORE-19 registry as “the largest prospective registry of thromboembolic complications in hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the post-hospital discharge period,” lead investigator...
VELTAS document sets out “international standard” for triage of venous patients...
In September 2020, a consensus document outlining the Venous and Lymphatic Triage and Acuity Scale (VELTAS) was co-published in Phlebology and the Journal of...
Systematic review finds high risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary...
In a systematic review of the worldwide published data on venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients, Cihan Ay, Stephan Nopp, and Florian Moik (Medical...
COVID-19 associated VTE: International thrombosis community urge WHO to act
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), on behalf of the international thrombosis community, have called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to...
COVID-19 will have “massive long-term impact” on treatment of venous disease...
Manj Gohel (Cambridge, UK) is joined by a host of venous experts including Beverley Hunt (London, UK), Stephen Black (London, UK) and Ian Franklin...
Telehealth ‘will change the future of venous practice’ post COVID-19
Six venous specialists, Manj Gohel (Cambridge, UK), Ian Franklin (London, UK) Alun Davies (London, UK), Sriram Narayanan (Singapore), Raghu Kolluri (Columbus, USA) and Stephen...
New study shows COVID-19 causes severe blood vessel damage
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the respiratory virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, causes severe damage to blood...
Geko device represents an alternative to IPC devices during COVID-19
Sky Medical Technology highlights a publication on 5 May 2020 in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis showing the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in...
Thrombosis is major by-product of infection with COVID-19, but evidence to...
Manj Gohel (Cambridge, UK), one of the editors-in-chief of Venous News, introduces a special COVID-19 video with leading thrombosis and haemostasis experts, including Beverley...
COVID-19: Calls for physicians to address domestic violence during social distancing
Prism Schneider (Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada) and others write in a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal—because of...
New study addresses thromboembolic complications in COVID-19 patients
There is an “urgent need” to improve specific venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnostic strategies and investigate the efficacy and safety of thromboprophylaxis in ambulatory COVID-19...
COVID-19: CMS outlines recommendations for restarting non-emergent procedures
On 18 March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended “limiting non-essential care and expanding surge capacity into ambulatory surgical centres and...
AVF releases white paper on considerations in prophylaxis and treatment of...
The COVID-19 subcommittee of the American Venous Forum (AVF) has issued a white paper on considerations in prophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE)...
COVID-19: Reflections on VTE, patient risk assessment, and therapeutic challenges
Joseph A Caprini considers venous thromboemolism (VTE), patient risk assessment, and therapeutic challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, concluding that "accurate thrombosis...
COVID-19: Cotton and surgical masks may be ineffective at stopping spread...
In a brief report in Annals of Internal Medicine, Seongman Bae (Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea) and colleagues report that neither surgical...
COVID-19: what will be the fallout for patients with venous disease?
Manj Gohel, Stephen Black and Alun Davies consider the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with venous disease. They conclude: "Once the acute...
Philips and the US government collaborate in ventilator production ramp up...
Royal Philips has announced that the US government and Philips agreed to team up to increase the production of hospital ventilators in its manufacturing...
COVID-19: European Commission agrees to postpone new MDR because of pandemic
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a proposal to postpone by one year the date of application of the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR), which...
CMSS “strongly urges action” to ensure all frontline healthcare professionals are...
In a new statement published on 2 April 2020, all 45 societies represented by the US Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)—over 800,000 physicians—emphatically...
ACS defends healthcare workers as PPE shortages lead to acrimony
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today leapt to the defense of healthcare workers who are heading to work in the face of increasing...
COVID-19: European Commission looking to postpone new MDR by one year
During a Q&A section of a European Commission (EC) college meeting on 25 March, EC spokesperson Stefan de Keersmaecker stated that the commission were looking to...
Adapt clinical studies to alleviate impact of pandemic
A viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has offered potential solutions to modifying ongoing randomised clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic. It...
ACS releases triage guidance for venous procedures during COVID-19 pandemic
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has announced the release of new clinical guidance for surgeons to curtail recommendations for elective surgical procedures, with...
CX 2020 is cancelled due to COVID-19
The 2020 Charing Cross (CX) Symposium that was due to take place next month in London, UK, has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
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CDRH adjusts working practices with medical device companies to deal with...
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has written to the medical device industry to outline its...