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Acute mesenteric ischemia is a relatively uncommon condition with a very high mortality. Emergency medicine physicians can limit these adverse outcomes by maintaining a high suspicion in those patients with abdominal pain and risk factors. Avoiding and preventing delays in making a diagnosis is paramount in those patients with suspected acute mesenteric ischemia. Early surgical involvement for definitive management, including revascularization and/or removal of ischemic bowel, within the first 12 h can improve outcome. Despite the high mortality of this disease, those patients who undergo early, successful intervention have relatively little morbidity secondary to this disease.
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Jarrell, K.L., Ronan-Bentle, S. (2019). Morbidity and Mortality of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: How Can Emergency Medicine Clinicians Impact Outcomes?. In: Graham, A., Carlberg, D.J. (eds) Gastrointestinal Emergencies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98343-1_33
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