Of COVID-19's hallmark symptoms, clotting may not rank high in the national consciousness. But it has made quite an impression in-hospital.
"I have never, ever, ever seen such high levels of D-dimer in any of the hundreds of other patients with venous thrombosis that I've seen over the past 15 years," said Behnood Bikdeli, MD, of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. "It's just mind-blowing."