ruhighazi
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A 68-year-old man is admitted to the coronary care unit with an acute myocardial infarction. His postinfarction course is marked by congestive heart failure and intermittent hypotension. On the fourth hospital day, he develops severe midabdominal pain. On physical examination, blood pressure is 90/60 mm Hg and pulse is 110 beats/min and regular; the abdomen is soft with mild generalized tenderness and distension. Bowel sounds are hypoactive; stool hematest is positive. The next step in this patient's management should be which of the following?
a. Barium enema
b. Upper gastrointestinal series
c. Angiography
d. Ultrasonography
e. Celiotomy
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C. angiography
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ANGIOGRAPHY ITS ISCHEMIC BOWEL DISEASE
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| achilles
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C-angiography. post MI and pain out of proportion to physical findings and FOBT +ve --> ischaemic bowel dz,
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