key: cord-0745602-9p8spz5n authors: Ly, André; Alessandri, Claire; Skripkina, Elena; Meffert, Arnaud; Clariot, Simon; De Roux, Quentin; Langeron, Olivier; Mongardon, Nicolas title: Rescue fibrinolysis in suspected massive pulmonary embolism during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic date: 2020-05-20 journal: Resuscitation DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.05.020 sha: 5a2c6014e3290e4917b31c334665538d7e8fbd32 doc_id: 745602 cord_uid: 9p8spz5n nan André LY, MD MSc 1,2 ; Claire ALESSANDRI, MD 1 J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f Ethics approval and consent to participate Approval to analyze these data was granted by the local ethic committee. The need for informed consent was waived in view of the retrospective nature of the report. Not applicable Availability of data and materials All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article. The authors declare that they have no competing interests The authors received no funding related to this manuscript. Authors' contribution AL and NM wrote the manuscript. CA collected patients' data. All authors took care of the patients, read and approved the final manuscript. NM conceptualized the main letter and proofread the contents. All clinical characteristics are reported before initiation of rescue therapy. Abbreviations. ACP: acute cor pulmonale, BMI: body mass index, CA: cardiac arrest, CFV: common femoral vein, h: hour, LMWH: low molecular weight heparin, MV: mechanical ventilation, NA: not applied, NE: norepinephrine, PC: platelet concentrate, PE: pulmonary embolism, PP: prone position, PR: prothrombin ratio, RBC: red blood cell, ROSC: return of spontaneous circulation, SAPS II : simplified acute physiology score II, UFH: unfractioned heparin, VV-ECMO: veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. COVID-19 and thrombotic or thromboembolic disease: implications for prevention, antithrombotic therapy, and follow-up ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the Acute cor pulmonale during protective ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome: prevalence, predictors, and clinical impact Covid-19 in critically ill patients in the Seattle region -case series Ultrasound is useful in cardiac arrest, but we still have concerns Not applicable J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f