Acute mesenteric ischemia.

Acute mesenteric ischemia is a potentially life-threatening vascular disorder affecting the gastrointestinal tract. The prognosis depends on early recognition, accurate diagnosis, and timely intervention to prevent extensive tissue necrosis and the onset of sepsis and multi-organ complications. Identifying the patient at risk, evaluating physical findings and laboratory data, maintaining adequate cardiac output and perfusion pressure, and implementing medical interventions are nursing care measures essential to patient survival. Future directions for the management of acute mesenteric ischemia are focused on identifying early markers of ischemia and mucosal injury to diagnose the condition accurately and reliably before the onset of systemic consequences.