Gastroenterology · Pathway 51
Ischaemia to the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
Key points
- Ischaemia to the lower gastrointestinal tract can result in a variety of clinical conditions. Whilst there is no standard classification it can be useful to separate cases into 3 main conditions
- acute mesenteric ischaemia
- chronic mesenteric ischaemia
- ischaemic colitis Venn diagram showing types of bowel ischaemia