Alosetron: ischemic colitis and serious complications of constipation. Gallo-Torres,H,Brinker,A,Avigan,M. The American journal of Gastroenterology . 2006GALLO-TORRES H,BRINKER A,AVIGAN M.Alosetron: ischemic colitis and serious complications of constipation. The American journal of Gastroenterology . ...
Ischemic colitis is inflammation or injury to your large intestine (colon) that happens when blood flow is blocked. It’s the most common type of blood flow blockage in your intestines. Most people recover fully in 1-2 weeks but often require hospitalization in an intensive care unit for a ...
irritable bowel syndrome,mucous colitis,spastic colon- recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress ulcerative colitis- a serious chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine and rectum characterized by recurrent episodes...
hematochezia,andcolonoscopyshouldbeperformedasearlyaspossibletomakecorrectdiagnosis. Keywordselderly;constipation;colitis,ischemic;clinicalcharacteristics Correspondingauthor:YUXiao-Feng,E-mail:yuxiaofeng252@163 ischemiccolitisIC 50IC 20082013160IC IC 1662014 3 28 13 3 Chin J Mult Organ Dis Elderly, Vol.13,...
1A) and pneumatosis in the posterior gastric wall and air within the portal venous structures (Fig. 1B). She was diagnosed with probable stercoral colitis based on a history of chronic constipation and evidence of fecal impaction in the rectosigmoid and dilation of the colon in the CT scan,...
Ischemic Colitis and Complications of Constipation Associated With the Use of Alosetron Under a Risk Management Plan: Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes an... OBJECTIVES:Alosetron is a potent, selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist prescribed for women with severe diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome...
Ischemic bowel disease is a series of clinical manifestations,cause of the disease is inadequate blood supply to the intestine leads to intestinal tissue necrosis.The disease can be divided into acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI),chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) and ischemic colitis (IC).Most of the...
We congratulate Glauser and colleagues [ 1 ] on the interesting information provided on ischemic colitis and would like to know their opinion about another aspect of this insidious disease. It is the ischemic pseudotumor (IP), which appears to be camouflage used by ischemic colitis to mimic colo...
Exclusion criteria were pancolitis or acute severe UC requiring immediate treatment; need for admission due to active ulcerative colitis; systemic symptoms (abdominal pain, fever > 38 degrees, weight loss exceeding 3 kilograms); anemia (hemoglobin <8.3 mmol/l for males and <7.3 mmol/l for...
Identifiable direct predisposing factors of ischemic colitis were constipation in 13.6%, hypotension in 5.9%, and drugs and vasculitis—as one group—in 5.1%. 3.2. Diagnostic Studies (Table2) Table 2.Laboratory, radiology, colonoscopy, and histopathology findings between both groups. ...