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    Prompt diagnosis and early treatment of acute mesenteric ischemia, a condition reducing intestinal blood flow, significantly lowers mortality. Management involves medical therapies and timely angiography for diagnosis and intervention, including surgery if necessary.

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    • Emergency Medicine

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    • Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) stems from critically reduced intestinal blood flow, often leading to bowel necrosis and high mortality.
    • Early diagnosis and aggressive treatment are crucial for reducing mortality in AMI patients.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To emphasize the importance of high clinical suspicion for AMI.
    • To outline diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for AMI, focusing on timely intervention.

    Main Methods:

    • Medical management: aggressive rehydration, antibiotics, anticoagulation, vasodilators, and reperfusion injury inhibitors.
    • Diagnostic and therapeutic angiography: intra-arterial vasodilators, thrombolytic agents, angioplasty, and stent placement.
    • Surgical intervention: superior mesenteric artery embolectomy or visceral artery bypass prior to bowel resection.

    Main Results:

    • Early diagnosis and intervention before bowel infarction significantly reduce mortality.
    • Angiography allows for accurate diagnosis and therapeutic interventions.
    • Surgical options aim to preserve viable bowel by ensuring resection only of nonviable tissue.

    Conclusions:

    • A high index of suspicion is vital for prompt diagnosis of AMI.
    • Timely angiography and appropriate interventions (medical, interventional, or surgical) are key to improving outcomes in AMI.
    • Surgical techniques should prioritize bowel viability assessment before resection.