Scientific and Standardization Committee communication: Clinical guidance on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Alex C Spyropoulos, Jerrold H Levy, Walter Ageno, Jean Marie Connors, Beverley J Hunt, Toshiaki Iba, Marcel Levi, Charles Marc Samama, Jecko Thachil, Dimitrios Giannis, James D Douketis, Subcommittee on Perioperative, Critical Care Thrombosis, Haemostasis of the Scientific, Standardization Committee of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Alex C Spyropoulos, Jerrold H Levy, Walter Ageno, Jean Marie Connors, Beverley J Hunt, Toshiaki Iba, Marcel Levi, Charles Marc Samama, Jecko Thachil, Dimitrios Giannis, James D Douketis, Subcommittee on Perioperative, Critical Care Thrombosis, Haemostasis of the Scientific, Standardization Committee of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; anticoagulant; antithrombotic therapy; coronavirus disease 2019; hospitalization.

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