Clinical characteristics and related risk factors of disease severity in 101 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Wuhan, China.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in December 2019. Due its high morbility and mortality, it is necessary to summarize the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients to provide more theoretical basis for future treatment. In the current study, we conducted a retrospective analysis of the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients and explored the risk factors for the severity of illness.

Rivaroxaban treatment for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: a case report.

Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is the first-line therapy in acute cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (CAT). However, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a life-threatening adverse drug reaction that occurs in anticoagulation therapy with LMWH. This article reports the case of a 66-year-old Chinese male who received nadroparin 4100IU twice daily for treating CAT.