Acute Mesenteric Ischemia Is a More Common Cause than Expected of Acute Abdomen in the Elderly

Background The incidence of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) increases exponentially with age. The significance of AMI as a differential diagnosis in elderly patients with acute abdomen may be underestimated. Methods Consecutive patients hospitalized for AMI between 2009 and 2013 were retrospectively...
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Autor*in:

Kärkkäinen, Jussi M. [verfasserIn]

Lehtimäki, Tiina T.

Manninen, Hannu

Paajanen, Hannu

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2015

Schlagwörter:

Acute mesenteric ischemia

Incidence

Acute abdomen

Epidemiology

Mortality

Anmerkung:

© The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2015

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery - New York, NY : Springer, 1997, 19(2015), 8 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 1407-1414

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:19 ; year:2015 ; number:8 ; day:28 ; month:04 ; pages:1407-1414

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s11605-015-2830-3

Katalog-ID:

SPR021071993

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