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- Title
The diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Authors
Cudnik, Michael T; Darbha, Subrahmanyam; Jones, Janice; Macedo, Julian; Stockton, Sherrill W; Hiestand, Brian C
- Abstract
Acute mesenteric ischemia is an infrequent cause of abdominal pain in emergency department (ED) patients; however, mortality for this condition is high. Rapid diagnosis and surgery are key to survival, but presenting signs are often vague or variable, and there is no pathognomonic laboratory screening test. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the available literature was performed to determine diagnostic test characteristics of patient symptoms, objective signs, laboratory studies, and diagnostic modalities to help rule in or out the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia in the ED.
- Publication
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2013, Vol 20, Issue 11, p1087
- ISSN
1553-2712
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/acem.12254