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Cureus
December 2024
Vascular Surgery, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, USA.
Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is a progressive condition that primarily affects the elderly, causing chronic abdominal pain and malnutrition. Timely treatment is essential to prevent further deconditioning or bowel ischemia. Surgical repair options include both endovascular and open procedures.
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December 2024
Department of Nephrology, Saiseikai Niigata Kenoh Kikan Hospital, Sanjo, Niigata, 955-0091, Japan.
Intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) is a promising biomarker for small-bowel ischemia including non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI). A 75-year-old woman with diabetic nephropathy sustained a distal radius fracture. Two days later, she underwent a brachial plexus block to facilitate orthopedic surgery, which resulted in hypotension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase report of a case of acute pancreatitis (AP) at a patient previously known with essential thrombocytosis (ET). The most redoubtable complications of AP in this case were: pancreatic necrosis and splahnic vein thrombosis (SVT). Patient was followed-up for 3 months with complete resolution of SVT under anticoagulation.
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November 2024
Department of Radiology, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Medical Faculty, Bolu, Turkey.
BACKGROUND Non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) is difficult to diagnose and has a high mortality rate. We aimed to determine the qualitative and quantitative parameters of computed tomography (CT) that can determine patient prognosis and contribute to early diagnosis in order to reduce mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS The biphasic CT images of 40 patients, mean age 72.
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November 2024
Department of Surgery, Kanto Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers, Tokyo, Japan.
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