A relatively high mortality rate of patients with Corona virus disease 2019 is worrying, with hospitals worldwide continuing to admit flood of patients with corona virus disease, the confusing pathogenesis behind this severe mortality rate is slowly being understood. Respiratory involvement in the progression is already known; new inputs show a possible cardiac system involvement with potential involvement of coagulopathy in COVID-19. To be specific disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) with high risk of venous thromboembolism. Severity in COVID-19 patients is shown directly related with coagulation in the patients. Also from an analysis in patients in Wuhan-China,it is reported that heparin treatment reduced mortality rate in patients with severe COVID-19. In this article we describe the potential coagulation features of patients with corona virus disease.

Keywords: COVID-19, Corona virus, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), Anticoagulants, Venous thromboembolism, D-dimer.

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Aakunuri Akhil

Pharm-D, Bharat Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana-500072