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Overview
Symptoms of chronic mesenteric ischemia caused by atherosclerosis include abdominal pain after eating and diarrhea. Symptoms of acute mesenteric artery ischemia due to an embolus include diarrhea, sudden severe abdominal pain, and vomiting.
History
Symptoms
Symptoms of mesenteric ischemia vary and can be acute (especially if embolic)[1], subacute, or chronic[2].
Case series report prevalence of clinical findings and provide the best available, yet biased, estimate of the sensitivity of clinical findings[3][4]. In a series of 58 patients with mesenteric ischemia due to mixed causes[4]:
- Abdominal pain was present in 95% (median of 24 hours duration). The other three patients presented with shock and metabolic acidosis.
- Nausea in 44%
- Vomiting in 35%
- Diarrhea in 35%
- Heart rate > 100 in 33%
- 'Blood per rectum' in 16% (not stated if this number also included occult blood - presumably not)
- Constipation 7%
References
- ↑ Oldenburg WA, Lau LL, Rodenberg TJ, Edmonds HJ, Burger CD (2004). "Acute mesenteric ischemia: a clinical review". Arch. Intern. Med. 164 (10): 1054–62. doi:10.1001/archinte.164.10.1054. PMID 15159262.
- ↑ Font VE, Hermann RE, Longworth DL (1989). "Chronic mesenteric venous thrombosis: difficult diagnosis and therapy". Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 56 (8): 823–8. PMID 2691119.
- ↑ Levy PJ, Krausz MM, Manny J (1990). "Acute mesenteric ischemia: improved results--a retrospective analysis of ninety-two patients". Surgery. 107 (4): 372–80. PMID 2321134.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Park WM, Gloviczki P, Cherry KJ, Hallett JW, Bower TC, Panneton JM, Schleck C, Ilstrup D, Harmsen WS, Noel AA (2002). "Contemporary management of acute mesenteric ischemia: Factors associated with survival". J. Vasc. Surg. 35 (3): 445–52. doi:10.1067/mva.2002.120373. PMID 11877691.