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Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq

Thamir Fozzie Muhmood, Mohammed Sanaa Alshukoor, Abdulkareem Z. Al-Musawi, Adel Makki Abdulateef.

Abstract
Objective: To investigate acute limb ischemia (ALI) incidence, characteristics, and clinical outcomes at Basra Tertiary Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Methodology: This cross-sectional investigation included 53 COVID-19-infected patients with limb ischemia in Al-Sader teaching hospital from April 2020 to May 2022. Each patient's gender, age, smoking status, and medical history like diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and respiratory failure were recorded.
Results: Mean age of patients was 63 ± 8 years. Out of 53 patients, 88.7% were males and most (67.9%) were 60 years old or more. 75.5 of patients were smokers, 50.9%, 39.6%, 22.6%, 28.3% had diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and respiratory failure, respectively. There was a significant association between embolectomy, actylase anticoagulant, death and amputation. 84.6% of patients with embolectomy had amputation while 80% who took actylase anticoagulant had no amputation.
Conclusion: In covid-19 related ALI, amputation was common in embolectomy patients while it was rare in patients who received actylase. Most of deceased patients had amputations.

Key words: COVID-19, acute, limb ischemia, Basra province.


 
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Muhmood TF, Alshukoor MS, Al-Musawi AZ, Abdulateef AM. Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq. RMJ. 2023; 48(3): 548-552. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921


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Muhmood TF, Alshukoor MS, Al-Musawi AZ, Abdulateef AM. Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq. https://www.rmj.org.pk/?mno=143668 [Access: December 06, 2023]. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921


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Muhmood TF, Alshukoor MS, Al-Musawi AZ, Abdulateef AM. Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq. RMJ. 2023; 48(3): 548-552. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921



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Muhmood TF, Alshukoor MS, Al-Musawi AZ, Abdulateef AM. Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq. RMJ. (2023), [cited December 06, 2023]; 48(3): 548-552. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921



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Muhmood, T. F., Alshukoor, . M. S., Al-Musawi, . A. Z. & Abdulateef, . A. M. (2023) Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq. RMJ, 48 (3), 548-552. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921



Turabian Style

Muhmood, Thamir Fozzie, Mohammed Sanaa Alshukoor, Abdulkareem Z. Al-Musawi, and Adel Makki Abdulateef. 2023. Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq. Rawal Medical Journal, 48 (3), 548-552. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921



Chicago Style

Muhmood, Thamir Fozzie, Mohammed Sanaa Alshukoor, Abdulkareem Z. Al-Musawi, and Adel Makki Abdulateef. "Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq." Rawal Medical Journal 48 (2023), 548-552. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Muhmood, Thamir Fozzie, Mohammed Sanaa Alshukoor, Abdulkareem Z. Al-Musawi, and Adel Makki Abdulateef. "Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq." Rawal Medical Journal 48.3 (2023), 548-552. Print. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Muhmood, T. F., Alshukoor, . M. S., Al-Musawi, . A. Z. & Abdulateef, . A. M. (2023) Acute limb ischemia associated with COVID-19 in Basra province, Iraq. Rawal Medical Journal, 48 (3), 548-552. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230213012921