Objectives Acute mesenteric ischemia is an infrequent cause of abdominal pain in
emergency department (ED) patients; however, mortality for this condition is high. Rapid …

Ischemic colitis is a commonly misunderstood clinical condition. Although the colon is the
most common region of ischemia in the gastrointestinal tract, many surgeons have difficulty …

Background. There is a lack of prospective studies evaluating the natural history of colonic
ischaemia (CI). We performed such a study to evaluate the clinical presentation, outcome …

The growing recognition of the older inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patient is heightened
by the entry of the 77.2 million baby boomers who will turn 65 beginning of 2011. It is …

Intestinal ischemia and infarction are a heterogeneous group of diseases that have as their
unifying theme hypoxia of the small bowel or colon. The incidence of bowel ischemia and …

With the developments in medical technology and increased surgical experience, advanced
laparoscopic surgical procedures are performed successfully. Laparoscopic abdominal …

Background Ischemic colitis (IC) is a common type of ischemic insult, resulting from
decreased arterial blood flow to the colon. This disease can be caused from either …

Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2011; 33: 969–978 Summary Background Intestinal ischaemia,
including ischaemic colitis and acute mesenteric ischaemia, causes significant morbidity …

Ischemic colitis accounts for more than half of all cases of gastrointestinal ischemia and
constitutes between 1 per 2000 and 3 per 1000 acute hospital admission. It typically affects …

Background and Objectives Ultrafiltration (UF) of excess fluid activates numerous
compensatory mechanisms during hemodialysis (HD). The increase of both total peripheral …