Management of acute mesenteric ischaemia in adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidance on managing acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) is largely based on expert opinion and retrospective studies pooling different subtypes of AMI. In clinical practice, management strategy is often selected based on the patient's severity of illness, whereas randomized controlled trials or even adjusted analyses comparing different strategies are rarely available. We aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of different management options when adjusted for the baseline severity of illness.

Methods

A literature search was performed in PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Scopus. Studies recruiting patients after the year 2000, assessing at least 10 adult patients with reliably confirmed AMI, and comparing different managem

SUBMITTER: Reintam Blaser A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020090 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature