D-dimer cut-off points and risk of venous thromboembolism in adult hospitalized patients with COVID-19

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to more than 24 million confirmed cases and over 820,000 deaths worldwide as of late August 2020. Early observational studies reported high rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in critically ill patients with COVID-19 [1]. A recent meta-analysis reported an incidence of 26% for VTE among 3487 patients from 30 studies based on very low-quality evidence due to heterogeneity and risk...