Table 1.
Variables | Patients |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Age | 38 | 48 | 60 | 38 | 58 |
Gender | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male |
Co-Morbidities | None | Asthma | Hypertension | None | None |
Covid-19 | Positive | ||||
Lactate Reference: 0.5–2.2 mmol/l |
2.2 | 1.6 | 1.28 | 1.45 | 3.2 |
D-Dimer Reference: <500 ng//ml |
3552 | 2100 | 2309 | 1500 | 1877 |
CT | PV, SV, SMA, IMA thrombosis. | Complete Left aorto-fem. artery occlusion | Infra-renal aortic left sided atheromatous plaque. left common iliac artery occlusion |
Complete left axillary artery + partial brachial artery occlusion | thrombosis affecting aortic bifurcation and bilateral iliac systems |
Prophylactic Anticoagulation |
1st presentation | Heparin Infusion | Heparin Infusion | 1st presentation | Heparin Infusion |
Vasopressors | No | Noradrenaline | No | No | Noradrenaline |
Management | Heparin Infusion + Resection & primary anastomosis | Heparin Infusion | Heparin Infusion | Heparin Infusion + surgical embolectomy | Heparin Infusion |
Outcome | Discharged | Death | Death | Discharged | Death |
*PV = Portal Vein, SV = Splenic Vein, SMA = Superior Mesentric Artery, IMA = Inferior Mesenteric Artery, INR = Internationaal normalized ratio, APTT = activated partial thromboplastin time.