Diagnostic pitfalls at admission in patients with acute superior mesenteric artery occlusion

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 635-641

  Acosta, Stefan ^a   Block, Tomas ^b   Björnsson, Steinarr ^a   Resch, Timothy ^a   Björck, Martin ^b   Nilsson, Torbjörn ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

amylase; diagnostic pitfalls; lactate; occlusion; superior mesenteric artery; troponin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE PANCREAS ISOENZYME; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; LIVER ENZYME; TROPONIN I;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE RESECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84862197651     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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