id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-028363-7pmro8bu Tung-Chen, Yale Acute pericarditis due to COVID-19 infection: An underdiagnosed disease? 2020-07-10 .txt text/plain 1427 83 51 4 Gradually a therapeutic scheme is being established that would include hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin 5 (or in other cases lopinavir/ritonavir) in the early stages of moderate disease that does not require treatment in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) but given the analytical indication (elevation of ddimer) and imaging (thrombosis in CTPA) in many cases, should be evaluated the early inclusion of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) at doses of at least high-risk prophylaxis in all these patients without thrombopenia <20,000 platelets or acute bleeding and manifesting high d-dimer. 5 In another study, 83 patients with severe and critical COVID-19 infection underwent a CT scan, 6 chest pain was reported in 6% of the patients and pericardial effusion was found in 4.8%, which suggests that acute pericarditis could be an under diagnosed pathology, and therefore, not correctly managed and treated. This is the first case report to describe an acute pericarditis episode due to SARS-CoV-2, which might be an under diagnosed condition in this pandemic, and therefore not correctly managed. ./cache/cord-028363-7pmro8bu.txt ./txt/cord-028363-7pmro8bu.txt