Abstract
Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is characterized by a reduction in blood flow at the intestinal level, so it seeks to classify it as an emergency whose diagnosis is a clinical review and requires early treatment.
It is a pathology that occurs more frequently in the older adult population, reaching a percentage of presentation that ranges from 0.09 to 0.2% of the general population. There is a wide range of symptom presentation where sudden abdominal pain in epigastrium or mesogastrium predominates. At the time of clinical suspicion, the stability of the patient should be considered so that this is addressed with the recommended diagnostic methods.
Management should include gastrointestinal decompression; resuscitationwith aggressive fluid therapy to correct hypovolemia, hemodynamic support
and monitoring, in addition to electrolyte and acid-base correction.
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