Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Management of acute mesenteric ischaemia: Results of a worldwide survey

2023; Elsevier BV; Volume: 54; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.12.022

ISSN

2405-4577

Autores

Benjamin Hess, Martin Cahenzli, Alastair Forbes, R. Burgos, Federico Coccolini, Olivier Corcos, Mette Holst, Øivind Irtun, Stanisław Kłęk, Loris Pironi, Henrik Højgaard Rasmussen, Mireille J. Serlie, Ronan Thibault, Simon Gabe, Annika Reintam Blaser, Emrah Akın, Syed Muhammad Ali, Giulio Argenio, Semra Demirli Atıcı, Goran Augustin, Efstratia Baili, Lovenish Bains, Miklosh Bala, Edoardo Baldini, Oussama Baraket, Mirko Barone, Alan Biloslavo, Roberto Bini, Cristina Bombardini, Giuseppe Brisinda, Luis Buonomo, Fausto Catena, Marco Ceresoli, Maria Michela Chiarello, Christos Chouliaras, Fabrizio D’Acapito, Dimitrios Damaskos, Belinda De Simone, Daniele Delogu, Zaza Demetrashvili, Isidoro Di Carlo, Mario D’Oria, Virginia María Durán-Muñoz-Cruzado, Patrice Forget, Laura Fortuna, Pietro Fransvea, Christian Frey, Olga Gapejeva, Pierre Garçon, Jörn‐Markus Gass, Ricardo Alessandro Teixeira Gonsaga, Ewen A. Griffiths, Kürşat Gündoğan, Mohan Gurjar, Hytham K. S. Hamid, Juan Ignacio Silesky Jiménez, Karri Kase, Syed Sajid Hussain Kazmi, Aristotelis Kechagias, Vladimir Khokha, Yoshiro Kobe, Dimitrios P. Korkolis, Andrey Litvin, Eftychios Lostoridis, Hans Alexander Mahendran, Fabio Marino, Andrés Martinuzzi, Cristian Meşină, Vincenzo Neri, Marina Panišić, Ciro Paolillo, Νικόλαος Παραράς, Gennaro Perrone, Antonio Pesce, Biagio Picardi, C. Pither, Mauro Podda, Tomas Poskus, Florian Poullenot, Matras Przemyslaw, Massimo Sartelli, Diego Sasia, Maximilian Scheiterle, Fotios Seretis, Kjetil Søreide, Ruslan Sydorchuk, Kinga Szczepanek, Zsolt Bodnár, Fabienne Tamion, Antonio Tarasconi, Martin Teraa, Matti Tolonen, Tim Vanuytsel, Massimiliano Veroux, Lars Vinter‐Jensen, Diego Visconti, Lukas Werner Widmer, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Nadezhda Zubareva, Endorsing International Societies, ESICM, WSES, WSACS, In-principle support, WFICC,

Tópico(s)

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders

Resumo

Acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) is a condition with high mortality. This survey assesses current attitudes and practices to manage AMI worldwide.A questionnaire survey about the practices of diagnosing and managing AMI, endorsed by several specialist societies, was sent to different medical specialists and hospitals worldwide. Data from individual health care professionals and from medical teams were collected.We collected 493 individual forms from 71 countries and 94 team forms from 34 countries. Almost half of respondents were surgeons, and most of the responding teams (70%) were led by surgeons. Most of the respondents indicated that diagnosis of AMI is often delayed but rarely missed. Emergency revascularisation is often considered for patients with AMI but rarely in cases of transmural ischaemia (intestinal infarction). Responses from team hospitals with a dedicated special unit (14 team forms) indicated more aggressive revascularisation. Abdominopelvic CT-scan with intravenous contrast was suggested as the most useful diagnostic test, indicated by approximately 90% of respondents. Medical history and risk factors were thought to be more important in diagnosis of AMI without transmural ischaemia, whereas for intestinal infarction, plasma lactate concentrations and surgical exploration were considered more useful. In elderly patients, a palliative approach is often chosen over extensive bowel resection. There was a large variability in anticoagulant treatment, as well as in timing of surgery to restore bowel continuity.Delayed diagnosis of AMI is common despite wide availability of an adequate imaging modality, i.e. CT-scan. Large variability in treatment approaches exists, indicating the need for updated guidelines. Increased awareness and knowledge of AMI may improve current practice until more robust evidence becomes available. Adherence to the existing guidelines may help in improving differences in treatment and outcomes.

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