Non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) is a severe complication in patients after cardiac arrest (CA). The diagnosis complicated, the treatment options are limited. Given susceptibility of enterocytes to ischemia, incidence and severity NOMI post-resuscitation period may reflect intensity duration both subsequent reperfusion injury. considered be associated with adverse neurological outcomes ...

The patient's white blood cell (WBC) count was 17,000/μL (no left shift). Viral gastroenteritis was diagnosed by the ED physicians. Very mild right-sided weakness and occasional "pins and needles" sensations in the right leg were residual effects of a stroke the patient had suffered 9 years earlier. He also had hypercholesteremia, with a high low-density lipoprotein level and a low high-density...

Introduction Ischemic postconditioning is a method that shows evidence of efficacy in minimizing reperfusion injury; however, its effectiveness in preventing injuries in distant organs is still unknown, especially in those who have undergone mesenteric ischemia and reperfusion. Objective To evaluate the effect of ischemic postconditioning in preventing reperfusion injury in the liver of rats ...

This video is an interesting case detailing complex patient with superior mesenteric artery dissection causing chronic ischemia. The technical aspects of the as well presentation are showing in detailed operative video. eyJraWQiOiI4ZjUxYWNhY2IzYjhiNjNlNzFlYmIzYWFmYTU5NmZmYyIsImFsZyI6IlJTMjU2In0.eyJzdWIiOiIyOGFjNDIyNTJmYzBmZGRjMzUwYTA3MjE0ZjIxNWY5OSIsImtpZCI6IjhmNTFhY2FjYjNiOGI2M2U3MWViYjNhYWZhN...

BACKGROUND Acute mesenteric ischemia poses a diagnostic challenge due to nonspecific clinical clues and lack of awareness owing to its rarity. Ischemia due to mesenteric venous thrombosis has a good prognosis compared to arterial cause and can be managed conservatively with early diagnosis. The portomesenteric venous system is an unusual site of thrombosis in patients with protein S deficiency,...

Idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of mesenteric veins is a very rare disease occurring in young male patients, with no more than eight cases reported in the world literature. It causes venous ischemia in the sigmoid colon and rectum that clinically resembles inflammatory bowel disease. Pneumatosis intestinalis is also a rare condition usually associated to a wide range of diseases including bow...

Vol. 11, January-March, 2012 Annals of African Medicine Cite this article as: Al-Shraim MM, Zafer MH, Rahman GA. Acute occlusive mesenteric ischemia in high altitude of southwestern region of Saudi Arabia. Ann Afr Med 2012;11: 5-10. Source of Support: Nil, Conflict of Interest: None declared. due to extended stay at extreme altitude. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005;20:777-83. 18. Batellier J, Kien...

Gastric ulcer due to mesenteric ischemia is a rare clinical finding. As a result, few reports of ischemic gastric ulcers have been reported in the literature. The diagnosis of ischemic gastropathy is seldom considered in patients presenting with abdominal pain and gastric ulcers. In this case report, we describe a patient with increasing abdominal pain, weight loss, and gastric ulcers, who unde...

A 30-year-old man with severe back and abdominal pain was referred to our hospital because of a recurrence of acute type B aortic dissection. A computed tomography scan showed a 3-channel dissection and a severe narrowing of the true lumen of the descending aorta to the abdominal aorta because of the expansion of the newly formed second false lumen. Although laboratory testing, including creati...