CT tech here, I work at two small rural critical access hospitals and have noticed a trend since the pandemic began in March. Once a patient is swabbed or confirmed as positive for COVID, I always end up doing a CTA Chest(PE study) on them.
I've heard there is a connection between the virus and embolisms, but of all these patients I've never seen a positive for PE. Most just have the trademark ground glass pneumonia that could probably be seen with a regular chest without IV contrast.
Has anyone here seen an increase in pos PE studies on COVID patients?
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