The American journal of emergency medicine
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A healthy 30 year old female G1P1 presented to the ED with a chief complaint of abdominal pain, shortness of breath and bloating 72 hours after an egg retrieval out of state. She states she had two injections of an unknown hormone therapy and that the retrieval was uncomplicated. ⋯ Her abdomen is distended and non-focally tender but not peritoneal. Point-of-care FAST exam was immediately performed showing free fluid (Fig. 1) and enlarged, cystic appearing ovaries (Fig. 2).
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To evaluate levels of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers GRP78 and CHOP in acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) and to examine relations with degrees of AMI-related intestinal injury. ⋯ According to our results, ER stress markers (GRP78 and CHOP) increase significantly following ischemic injury. This elevation has the potential to be used diagnostically and also in prognostic terms due to the powerful correlation it exhibits with AMI-related ischemic injury.