@article{Sposato_Croci_Di Tomassi_Puttini_Olivieri_Alessandri_Ronchi_Donati_Garcea_Brazzi_Migliorini_Chigiotti_Nikiforakis_Carli_Canneti_Strambio_Cellini_Nardangeli_Allegri_Bianchi_Bettini_Perruzza_Lanzarone_Valentini_Orselli_Solari_Cardaci_Nofri_Angeli_Mangani_Aloia_Lanari_Corridi_Spargi_Perrella_Nencioni_2021, title={Spontaneous abdominal bleeding associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: causality or coincidence? Abdominal bleeding and SARS-CoV-2}, volume={92}, url={https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/10142}, DOI={10.23750/abm.v92i2.10142}, abstractNote={<p>Authors present 6 cases of abdominal bleeding associated with COVID-19, representing 1.35% of all hospitalized COVID-19 patients and hypothesize that there could be, although not very frequently, a relationship between SARS-CoV2 and bleeding. They excluded a side effect of the low molecular weight heparin therapy that all patients underwent during the course of the disease or other possible causes. Alterations of the coagulation state or a weakness of the vascular wall due toa presumed endotheliitis SARS-CoV-2 infection induced, are hypothesized by the authors. Investigation and follow-up for possible hemorrhagic problems in patients with COVID-19 is recommended. In particular, clinicians should be vigilant about retroperitoneal hemorrhage in COVID-19 patients. In addition to the fact that these patients are being treated with anticoagulants, anemia and abdominal pain are the signs that should lead us to suspect this type of haemorrhage. More studies are needed to understand if COVID-19 can be directly associated with bleeding. (www.actabiomedica.it)</p>}, number={2}, journal={Acta Biomedica Atenei Parmensis}, author={Sposato, Bruno and Croci, Leonardo and Di Tomassi, Maurizio and Puttini, Camilla and Olivieri, Carmela and Alessandri, Mario and Ronchi, Maria Cristina and Donati, Elisa and Garcea, Alessio and Brazzi, Angelica and Migliorini, Maria Giovanna and Chigiotti, Silvia and Nikiforakis, Nikolaos and Carli, Tiziana and Canneti, Elena and Strambio, Francesco and Cellini, Cristina and Nardangeli, Claudia and Allegri, Maria Pia and Bianchi, Francesco and Bettini, Claudio and Perruzza, Marco and Lanzarone, Nicola and Valentini, Lucia and Orselli, Paolo and Solari, Marco and Cardaci, Salvatore and Nofri, Marco and Angeli, Giorgia and Mangani, Francesca and Aloia, Elio and Lanari, Alessandro and Corridi, Marta and Spargi, Genni and Perrella, Antonio and Nencioni, Cesira}, year={2021}, month={May}, pages={e2021199} }