Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 250436, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/250436
Case Report

Fulminant Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia Just after Hip Arthroplasty

Maria Auxiliadora-Martins,1 Gil Cezar Alkmin-Teixeira,1 Omar Feres,2 Olindo Assis Martins-Filho,3 and Anibal Basile-Filho1

1Divisão de Terapia Intensiva, Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2Divisão de Proctologia, Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
3Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Received 28 December 2009; Revised 2 February 2010; Accepted 7 February 2010

Academic Editor: Jonathan P. Garino

Copyright © 2010 Maria Auxiliadora-Martins et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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