Medical complications consisted of myocardial infarction (based on ECG and cardiac enzyme changes), arrhythmia (requiring antiarrhythmic medication), congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, hypertension (diastolic blood pressure >100 mm Hg requiring intravenous medication), hypotension (systolic pressure <...
Cardiac (myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure), pulmonary (pulmonary embolism and respiratory insufficiency), and gastrointestinal (ileus and persistent obstruction) complications were among the most common. Therefore, special attention to prophylactic measures such as conscientious fluid resuscitation...