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ltr_ltr
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02/27/06 - 12:28 PM

how do differentiate mesenteric thrombosis and ischemic colitis by clinical features and lab

anybody pls?

cyra
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02/27/06 - 01:21 PM

Isn't mesenteric thrombosis itself a cause of ischemic colitis??

stepkiller
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02/27/06 - 01:27 PM

are you asking differences between MESENTRIC VENOUS thrombosis and atheroscerolitc or the ischemic bowel??

achilles
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02/27/06 - 01:31 PM

yu are right cyra...mesentric thrombosis is a cause for ischaemic colitis...

the patient has excruciating pain and milder abdominal signs relative to what one would expect with such a high degree of pain....the patient will have a h/o risk factors for DVT / cardiac stroke / cerebral stroke and might have h/o of recent surgery too.

when ischaemic colitis develops the patient goes into acidosis ... acidosis in a patient with mesentric thrombosis suggests that the colon has become ischaemic.

hope we managed to answer your question.

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ltr_ltr
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02/27/06 - 11:14 PM

thanks to all u guys ..i got it .

good luck

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