Does COVID-19 infection increase the risk of PE?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Does COVID-19 infection increase the risk of PE? A retrospective case-control study
IRAS ID
287768
Contact name
Jonathan Wei Sheng Pang
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Univeristy of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Research Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many infected patients to develop difficulty breathing. It is suspected that rapid worsening of these difficulties are sometimes caused by blood clots in the lungs, and that COVID infection increases the odds of blood clots in the lungs. This study seeks to look back on data already available from scans and COVID-19 swabs to see if COVID-19 infection does indeed increase the odds of blood clots in the lungs and if so by what degree.Summary of Results
Unfortunately, we have had to abandon this study. This is because the research team became too caught up with clinical work during the pandemic and could not afford the time to finalize data analysis or draft the research paper. Members of the teams have now left for other institutions. The research question has now been answered in the published literature. There is no longer any utility in this study. The study is not completable.REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
20/NS/0139
Date of REC Opinion
30 Nov 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion