Annika Reintam Blaser, Merli Mändul, Martin Björck, Stefan Acosta, Miklosh Bala, Zsolt Bodnar, Dumitru Casian, Zaza Demetrashvili, Mario D'Oria, Virginia Durán Muñoz-Cruzado, Alastair Forbes, Hanne Fuglseth, Moran Hellerman Itzhaki, Benjamin Hess, Karri Kase, Mikhail Kirov, Kristoffer Lein, Matthias Lindner, Cecilia Inés Loudet, Damian J Mole, Marko Murruste, Alexandre Nuzzo, Sten Saar, Maximilian Scheiterle, Joel Starkopf, Peep Talving, Anna-Liisa Voomets, Kenneth K T Voon, Mohammad Alif Yunus, Kadri Tamme
BACKGROUND: The aim of this multicentre prospective observational study was to identify the incidence, patient characteristics, diagnostic pathway, management and outcome of acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI). METHODS: All adult patients with clinical suspicion of AMI admitted or transferred to 32 participating hospitals from 06.06.2022 to 05.04.2023 were included. Participants who were subsequently shown not to have AMI or had localized intestinal gangrene due to strangulating bowel obstruction had only baseline and outcome data collected...
January 23, 2024: Critical Care: the Official Journal of the Critical Care Forum