title: [Non-occlusive disease--ultrasound diagnosis and trend analysis as a treatment guideline].
abstract: 16 patients with angiographically proved NOD underwent immediate abdominal sonography (age: 76 +/- 24 years). All patients suffered from "low cardiac output syndrome". The sonographic criteria were as follows: bowel wall edema [16], hyper-peristalsis [16], free peritoneal fluid [14], and signs of incomplete ileus [14]. 11 patients were successfully treated with conservative therapy on the basis of followup ultrasound observation and analysis. 5 patients underwent operation because of worsening ultrasound findings. These patients died from the underlying cardiac illness.
authors.affiliation: I. Chirurgische Abt. und Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für exp. und gastroenterolog, Salzburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meiser
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Waclawiczek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lexer
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boeckl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000527:Alprostadil