Diagnostic value of arterial blood gas lactate concentration in the different forms of mesenteric ischemia.
Antonio BrillantinoF IacobellisA RenziR NastiL SaldamarcoM GrilloL RomanoM CastriconiA CittadiniM De PalmaM ScaglioneN Di MartinoR GrassiF PaladinoPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2017)
Arterial blood gas lactate levels seem to show good diagnostic accuracy in diagnosing small bowel arterial and nonocclusive ischemia and poor accuracy in diagnosing secondary mesenteric ischemia, small bowel venous ischemia and ischemic colitis.