Isquemia distal en un paciente crítico con COVID-19: Informe de caso

Gilda Romero-Ulloa; Henry Nuñez-Manjarres; Mauricio Chávez-Serrano; Ximena Villacrés-Segovia; Jasmín Vélez-Altamirano; Ana Zambrano-Mendoza

Distal ischaemia in a critically ill patient with COVID-19

Case Report

Authors

Gilda Romero Ulloa, MD Marco Vinicio Iza Hospital https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2501-4981
Henry Nuñez Manjarres, MD Marco Vinicio Iza General Hospital https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-0269
Mauricio Chávez, MD. Mar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3258-3370
Ximena Villacrés Segovia, MD. Marco Vinicio Iza General Hospital https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2237-2254
Vélez-Altamirano Jasmín, MD. Marco Vinicio Iza General Hospital https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7867-0301
Ana Zambrano Mendoza, MD. IESS Hospital Portoviejo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8003-2349

Keywords:

COVID-19, Critical Care, Ischemia, blood coagulation disorders

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause a wide range of complications, some of them with serious consequences that can sometimes compromise the patient’s life. In a certain group of critically ill patients, a hypercoagulable state has been identified, and in a smaller group, limb involvement due to distal ischemia has been observed. We present the case of a critically ill patient with COVID-19 who developed distal ischemia in three limbs while hospitalized in the intensive care unit. We believe that it is important to understand this type of phenomenon to establish better diagnostic and therapeutic tools in the future.

Author Biography

Gilda Romero Ulloa, MD, Marco Vinicio Iza Hospital

Doctor of Medicine of Marco Vinicio Iza General Hospital - Ministry of Public Health, Lago Agrio-Ecuador.

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2022-05-15

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Romero-Ulloa, G., Nuñez-Manjarres, H., Chávez-Serrano, M., Villacrés-Segovia, X., Vélez-Altamirano, J., & Zambrano-Mendoza, A. (2022). Distal ischaemia in a critically ill patient with COVID-19: Case Report. Ciencia Ecuador , 4(2), 3-7. Retrieved from https://cienciaecuador.com.ec/index.php/ojs/article/view/58

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): COVID-19

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