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Flashcards in Abdominal Vascular Emergencies Deck (4)
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1
Q

Acute mesenteric venous thrombosis

  • key symptom
  • etiology
A
  • insidious and vague abdominal pain occuring over course of 7-10 days
  • hypercoagulable state
2
Q

ischemic colitis

  • key symptom
  • etiology
A
  • crampy abdominal pain, diarrhea, heme positive stool

- “low flow state”, mostly of left colon

3
Q

acute mesenteric arterial occlusion

  • key symptom
  • etiology
A
  • pain out of proportion to physical findings that starts suddenly
  • embolus > thrombus
4
Q

chronic mesenteric ischemia

  • key symptom
  • etiology
A
  • postprandial pain that worsens gradually

- atherosclerotic disease