Systematic review on the treatment of ischaemic colitis.

Categoría Revisión sistemática
RevistaColorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
Año 2011
Cargando información sobre las referencias

AIM:

Ischaemic colitis is uncommon. Aetiological factors include abdominal aortic surgery, drugs (especially inotropics) or rheumatoid diseases, such as Takayasu's or Buerger's diseases. However, there is often no triggering factor, and it may be part of multifactorial cardiac, respiratory, renal or metabolic failure.

METHOD:

A systematic review of the current literature on the management of ischaemic colitis was carried out.

RESULTS:

Ten retrospective trials (841 patients) were included. No randomized controlled or prospective trial of the management of ischaemic colitis was found.

CONCLUSION:

There is very little evidence base for the management of this condition.
Epistemonikos ID: a6c6ee1a27cf5be00790e9f1b914b853a6ef8f47
First added on: Aug 03, 2014