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Colonoscopy-related colonic ischemia

Colonoscopy is a risk factor for colon ischemia. The colon is susceptible to ischemia due to its minor blood flow compared to other abdominal organs; the etiology of colon ischemia after colonoscopy is multifactorial. The causative mechanisms include splanchnic circulation impairment, bowel preparat...

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Autores principales: Sadalla, Sinan, Lisotti, Andrea, Fuccio, Lorenzo, Fusaroli, Pietro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34876790
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v27.i42.7299
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author Sadalla, Sinan
Lisotti, Andrea
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description Colonoscopy is a risk factor for colon ischemia. The colon is susceptible to ischemia due to its minor blood flow compared to other abdominal organs; the etiology of colon ischemia after colonoscopy is multifactorial. The causative mechanisms include splanchnic circulation impairment, bowel preparation, drugs used for sedation, bowel wall ischemia due to insufflation/barotrauma, and introduction of the endoscope. Gastroenterologists must be aware of this condition and its risk factors for risk minimization, early diagnosis, and proper treatment.
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spelling pubmed-86112042021-12-06 Colonoscopy-related colonic ischemia Sadalla, Sinan Lisotti, Andrea Fuccio, Lorenzo Fusaroli, Pietro World J Gastroenterol Minireviews Colonoscopy is a risk factor for colon ischemia. The colon is susceptible to ischemia due to its minor blood flow compared to other abdominal organs; the etiology of colon ischemia after colonoscopy is multifactorial. The causative mechanisms include splanchnic circulation impairment, bowel preparation, drugs used for sedation, bowel wall ischemia due to insufflation/barotrauma, and introduction of the endoscope. Gastroenterologists must be aware of this condition and its risk factors for risk minimization, early diagnosis, and proper treatment. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021-11-14 2021-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8611204/ /pubmed/34876790 http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v27.i42.7299 Text en ©The Author(s) 2021. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611204/
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