#40 JournalChat // Professor Beverley Hunt on Clearing COVID Clots and D-dimer Decisions
Trying to keep up with the medical literature but... As it’s change-over time, you are far more preoccupied with finding where the staff toilet is, the code for this, and where on earth you can buy coffee?Your ears are in the right placeIn Ep40 we get our favourite Haematology Professor, Beverley Hunt OBE, to discuss our last Round Up's key articles. Including:Do we REALLY believe the idea that we should give treatment dose anticoagulant to moderate Covid but a prophylactic dose to patients in ICU?Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Heparin in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19 | NEJMShould we be using D-dimers in pregnancy?D-dimer to rule out venous thromboembolism during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysisThe DiPEP studyAnd are age-adjusted D-dimers the way to go?Multi-center implementation of automated age-adjusted D-dimer results reduces unnecessary PE imagingListen to find out. Rate us on Apple Podcasts. Enjoy.Support the showVisit the website on www.journalspotting.com. Follow us on Twitter @JournalSpotting.Email us on journalspotting@gmail.com.Get our JournalClub App on https://journalclub.messly.comShare us with all your colleagues!