Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria applied for the literature search.

Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
Study types: Clinical Trials, Randomized Controlled Trials, Observational studies, Case-control studies, Cross-sectional studies, Cohort studies. Time range: 30 January 2023 up to 31 December 2023. Articles including both COVID-19 positive and negative subjects clearly reporting amputation and mortality rates related to ALI.	Case reports, editorials, letters, reviews, guidelines, abstracts and paper conferences, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and ongoing studies. Articles not written in English.