Covid-19 is pushing the healthcare system to its limits and increasing the number of critical hospitalizations.
Although Covid-19 seems to contribute to a higher frequency of VTEs in critically ill patients, it must be noted that the typical critically ill Covid-19 patient is already a high risk VTE patient per se. This is because the majority of these patients are of older age, are immobile due to bed rest, and have major complications as well as secondary infections.
The international guidelines and recommendations for high risk VTE patients consist in giving a VTE prophylaxis with anti-coagulants in combination with compression therapy. Compression therapy is especially recommended in patients that are at higher risk for bleeding. More specifically, SIGVARIS GROUP suggests the use of medical compression stockings for VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
Medical staff is performing outstanding work worldwide to care for the growing number of Covid-19 patients, and is put under immense pressure in the fi ght against SARS-CoV-2. To reduce leg heaviness and pain associated with long hours of standing, our recommendation for healthcare personnel is to wear SIGVARIS GROUP medical compression stockings.