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Hamburg (dpa) - According to the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, extensive studies of corona deaths confirm the positive effect of blood thinners.
"Our autopsies of the deceased have shown that the Covid-19 sufferers could still have blood clots in the pulmonary arteries despite the administration of blood thinners," said the head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Benjamin Ondruschka, on Thursday.
However, the statistical analysis showed longer survival times since a change in therapy.
As early as May last year, it was noticed at the Hamburg autopsies that Covid-19 leads to an unusually high number of thromboses and pulmonary embolisms.
As a result, the nationwide treatment guidelines were changed.
Since then, doctors have been advised to treat patients with a blood thinner based on an individual risk assessment.
The institute examined all 735 deaths that were linked to Covid-19 in Hamburg in 2020.
In 618, the researchers were able to confirm this cause of death.
Seven percent of the dead - around 50 - were infected with the virus, but the infection was not the cause of death.
The relatives of the remaining 70 deceased did not want an autopsy or documents were missing.
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