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Would you recommend anticoagulation prophylaxis for a pediatric patient admitted with COVID-19?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

COVID-19 disease in children seems to be less severe than adults based on the current literature and our personal experience at Children's Hospitals. Among adults, the coagulopathy is beginning to be described with elevated inflammatory markers and other markers of coagulation activation, including ...

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

If you are interested in this question, Dr. Neil Goldenberg from Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Tampa, FL, is recruiting sites to submit a clinical trial addressing this topic. Please let me know, thanks.

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · National Institutes Of Health Hematology Oncology

The American Society of Hematology has provided some information to answer this question: https://www.hematology.org/covid-19/covid-19-and-vte-anticoagulation

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