Abstract: Ischemic colitis (IC) is the most typical type of intestinal (GI) ischemia, representing 50 to 60% of all cases1 and occurring with an incidence of 4.5 to 44 cases per 100,000 individual years. The aim of this Overview paper was to demonstrate brief review of Ischemic colitis from different aspects, However the main aim was to discuss the diagnostic approaches and proper management therapies for Ischemic colitis, through reviewing the evidence based trails. We have conducted literature searching through electronic databases; MEDLINE and EMBASE with language restriction to English, and only human subject articles were included in this review up to December 2016, Our search was performed using the search terms; ischemic colitis, ischaemic colitis, colon ischemia, colonic ischemia, colon ischaemia, colonic ischaemia, colon gangrene, colonic gangrene, colon infarction, colonic infarction, rectal ischemia, rectal ischaemia, ischemic proctitis, ischaemic proctitis, cecal ischemia, cecal ischaemia, ischemic colon stricture, ischaemic colon stricture, ischemic colonic stricture, ischaemic colonic stricture Combined with treatment, therapies, and diagnosis. Ischemic colitis occurs as the result of a compromise in intestinal blood flow that can produce a spectrum of injury from short-term self-limited ischemia to fulminant ischemia or transmural infarction. Its medical diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion, and the clinician needs to think about the diagnosis in patients with acute stomach pain and bloody stools. The majority of patients improve within a number of days with supportive care, others will require laparotomy with bowel resection.
Keywords: Ischemic colitis (IC), Diagnosis and Management.
Title: Overview of Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Colitis
Author: Khalid Ibrahim Bahni Alshaikhi, Zayed mohammad Zaied, Mohammed Ali Yahya Al-Asiri, Ibrahim ali yahia al_asiri, Dhafer Saeed Dhafer Alamri, Abdullah Mania Abdullah Aseeri, Abdullah Mohammed Ahmad Alzahrani
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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