Mesenteric ischemia in the acute care setting.

ANTIBIOTICS; THROMBOSIS risk factors; NAUSEA; DIARRHEA; BLOOD vessels; FLUID therapy; CHRONIC diseases; MESENTERIC artery; CONTINUING education units; VENOUS thrombosis; TREATMENT effectiveness; VOMITING; MESENTERIC ischemia; ABDOMINAL pain; COMPUTED tomography; ACUTE diseases; DISEASE risk factors; DISEASE complications; SYMPTOMS

Mesenteric ischemia is a group of disorders requiring prompt identification, supportive care, and treatment. Chronic mesenteric ischemia can develop into acute mesenteric ischemia, which has high mortality. Acute mesenteric ischemia can be occlusive (caused by arterial embolism, arterial thrombosis, or mesenteric venous thrombosis) or nonocclusive, with treatment depending on the underlying cause. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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