Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Proximal Deep Venous Thrombosis After a High-Density Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cluster in a Japanese Psychiatric Hospital

• Published in: Circulation Journal Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 458 - 463
• Main Authors: Sato, Toru, Ogihara, Yoshito, Fujimoto, Naoki, Usami, Akihiro, Hamaguchi, Tatsuya, Tanabe, Masaki, Okamoto, Ryuji, Nakase, Shinji, Dohi, Kaoru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Circulation Society 25.02.2022
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Deep venous thrombosis; Female; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; SARS-CoV-2; Venous Thromboembolism - epidemiology; Venous Thrombosis - drug therapy; Venous Thrombosis - epidemiology; Venous Thrombosis - etiology; Japan; Deep venous thrombosis; Psychiatry; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• ISSN: 1346-9843; 1347-4820; 1347-4820
• DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-21-0987

Background:The prevalence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) among hospitalized psychiatric patients after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection remains unclear.Methods and Results:We retrospectively investigated the prevalence of proximal DVT after COVID-19 infection among 50 hospitalized patients in a Japanese psychiatric hospital that in which a COVID-19 cluster developed between August and September 2020. The prevalence of proximal DVT was 10.0%. Patients with proximal DVT had a lower body weight and higher maximum D-dimer levels and International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism (IMPROVE) VTE scores.Conclusions:After COVID-19 infection, hospitalized psychiatric patients are at high risk of DVT and should be carefully followed up.