Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis & COVID Vaccination

Dr. Chapa’s Clinical Pearls.

The CDC released a health alert through its Health Alert Network on April 13, 2021, notifying physicians and other health care practitioners that the CDC and FDA are reviewing data involving six U.S. cases of a rare type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. In this session, we will review what CVST is, how it can present, the work-up, and potential treatment options. Do you give heparin for this? What is a correlation with thrombocytopenia? This is a vital summary of data that all healthcare practitioners should know.