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Cardiology

High plasma viscosity seen in critically ill patients with COVID-19

US doctors went looking for alternative aetiologies after multiple cases of anticoagulation failure
Reuters Health Staff writer
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10 June 2020
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coronavirus and red blood cells

Abnormally high plasma viscosity could be contributing to the thrombotic complications seen in many COVID-19 patients, a report suggests.

In a letter to the Lancet, US doctors describe 15 people with COVID-19 with abnormally viscous blood who were admitted to their intensive care unit.

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