Predictive Factors of Intestinal Infraction in Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

Mansoura University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Mesenteric Ischemia

Treatments: Drug: Heparin injection

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02645240

mansoura30

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to identify several factors that can accurately predict the incident of intestinal infraction in patients with mesenteric vascular occlusion or ischemia.

Full description

The study aims to identify several clinical, laboratory, and radiologic factors that can accurately predict the occurrence of intestinal infraction in patients with mesenteric vascular occlusion or ischemia in order to prevent unnecessary surgical intervention in patients with just intestinal ischemia and to hasten intervention in patients with actual intestinal gangrene.

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with acute mesenteric Ischemia

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with other causes of acute abdomen other than mesenteric Ischemia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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97 participants in 1 patient group

Heparin injection

Experimental group

Description:

Injection of low molecular weight heparin in patients with acute mesenteric ischemia to assess outcome

Treatment:

Drug: Heparin injection