Hospital-based delays to revascularization increase risk of postoperative mortality and short bowel syndrome in acute mesenteric ischemia: Presented at the Forty-eighth Annual Symposium of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Miami, Fla, March 13-17, 2021.

Abstract

Objective Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a surgical emergency for which delays in treatment have been closely associated with high morbidity and mortality. Although the duration of ischemia as a determinant of outcomes for AMI is well known, the objective of this study was to identify hospital-based determinants of delayed revascularization and their effects on postoperative morbidity and mortality in AMI.