Increased pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19: a case series and literature review

Table 1 Summary of clinical and medical findings and demographic characteristics of all cases

Characteristics	Unit	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4
Age	Year	60	56	95	72
Gender	Male/ Female	Male	Male	Male	Male
Primary symptoms		Respiratory problems Severe headache Cough Dizziness Frequent vomiting	Fever Chills Muscle pain Weakness Cough Tachycardia Acute respirator Syndrome	Fever Cough Diarrhea Chest pain	Fever Cough Weakness Palpitation Respiratory problems
Baseline medical history		None	None	Low blood pressure Hyperlipidemia	None
RT-PCR result	Negative/ Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
Hospitalization	Days	15 /Released from the hospital	18/ Released from the hospital	15/ Died	12/ Released from the hospital
Alcohol or tobacco intake		No	No	No	–
Oxygen level in blood	% in room air	82	84	76	87
Temperature	°C	36	39 High	38.5 High	39High
Heart rate	beats per minute	112	109	88	–
Respiratory rate	cycles/ minute	22	28	60	23
Median arterial pressure	mmHg	120/80	130/90	100/65	95/62
Illness severity	Mild/ Moderate/ Severe	Moderate	Moderate	Sever	Moderate

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