title: Vascular abdominal emergencies.
abstract: Vascular emergencies are an uncommon but significant cause of abdominal pain, back pain, hemorrhagic shock, and death in adults. This article reviews abdominal vascular anatomy, risk factors, signs and symptoms, abdominal vascular thrombosis, mesenteric ischemia and infarction, and abdominal vascular emboli and aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dire
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000098:blood supply*; D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply; D012077:Renal Artery; D012082:Renal Veins; D013157:Splenic Artery; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D013927:Thrombosis; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*