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Table 4.

Literature Review of COVID-19-Related Peripheral Neuropathy Following Prone Positioning

Study	Design	Findings
Douglas et al.¹³	Single-center retrospective study	61 patients with COVID-19 treated with prone position ventilation, 5 (8.2%) brachial plexopathies
Miller et al.¹⁴	Single-center retrospective study	114 patients with treated with prone positioning, 15 (13.2%) patients and 30 peripheral neuropathies, most common was ulnar nerve (12/30) followed by cords of brachial plexus (10/30)
Malik et al.⁷	Single-center retrospective study	12 patients treated with prone position, 6 (50%) with ulnar neuropathy and 2 (16.7%) with brachial plexopathy
Diprose et al.¹⁵	Case report	55F, BMI 42.6, bilateral upper limb neuropathies with comprised of individual nerve lesions affecting axillary and suprascapular nerves, sparing brachioradialis and biceps.
Sayegh et al.¹⁶	Case series	Single center case series noting ulnar neuropathy in 3 patients following prone positioning

COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019; BMI, body mass index.