Research Article
Challenges Encountered during the Treatment of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
Table 1
Comparison between groups according to the etiology of acute mesenteric ischemia.
| | Factors | Mesenteric thrombosis () | Mesenteric embolism () | value |
| | Demographic information | | | | | Gender | | | 0.323 | | Female | 12 (75.0%) | 15 (60.0%) | | | Male | 4 (25.0%) | 10 (40.0%) | | Age | | | 0.027 | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 78.500 (71.250, 82.250) | 64.000 (58.000, 80.000) | | | Range | 58.000-88.000 | 35.000-85.000 | | Comorbid medical condition | | | | | Obesity | 2 (12.5%) | 9 (36.0%) | 0.098 | | Coronary artery disease | 8 (50.0%) | 14 (56.0%) | 0.707 | | Congestive heart failure | 8 (50.0%) | 13 (52.0%) | 0.901 | | Atrial fibrillation | 1 (6.2%) | 23 (92.0%) | <0.001 | | Hypertension | 15 (93.8%) | 17 (68.0%) | 0.052 | | Hypercholesterolemia | 13 (81.2%) | 10 (40.0%) | 0.009 | | Diabetes | 8 (50.0%) | 9 (36.0%) | 0.375 | | Tobacco abuse | 2 (12.5%) | 9 (36.0%) | 0.098 | | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1 (6.2%) | 4 (16.0%) | 0.352 | | Chronic renal failure | 7 (43.8%) | 8 (32.0%) | 0.446 | | Atherosclerotic disease | 9 (56.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001 | | Results of treatment | | | | | Risk of morbidity (P-POSSUM) | | | 0.017 | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 93.000 (81.500, 96.500) | 70.000 (41.000, 88.000) | | | Range | 31.000-100.000 | 25.000-100.000 | | Risk of mortality (P-POSSUM) | | | 0.029 | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 32.500 (17.750, 54.250) | 10.000 (3.000, 26.000) | | | Range | 2.000-85.000 | 1.000-86.000 | | | Bowel resection | 12 (75%) | 9 (36.0%) | 0.041 | | Vascular procedure | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (28.0%) | 0.020 | | Alive | 5 (31.2%) | 10 (40.0%) | 0.570 | | Dead | 11 (68.8%) | 15 (60.0%) | 0.570 |
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