D-dimer measurement in COVID-19: Silver bullet or clinical distraction?

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the severe infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has now spread all over the world, infecting several millions of people and causing nearly 1 million casualties to date. According to our current understanding of this insidious pathology, the disease develops through a continuum of different phases [1]. The lower respiratory tract is primarily involved, with development of interstitial pneumonia, most often bilateral, and progression towards acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a certain number of patients (i.e., between 5 and 10%).
Source: Thrombosis Research - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research