These can lead to bowel infarction if not operated on.

Volvulus is a rare but life-threatening cause of bowel infarction which requires immediate medical attention.

It is, however, hard to diagnose correctly, and if left uncorrected can lead to bowel infarction and death.

Central abdominal pain which is resistant to narcotic analgesia may be an indication of bowel infarction.

Death was the result of sepsis, bowel infarction, and renal failure none of which appear to have been readily preventable in retrospect.

Bowel infarction results from restricted blood supply to the bowel, most often due to bowel obstruction or occlusion of one of the mesenteric arteries.

Cholecystitis, perforated peptic ulcer, bowel infarction, and diabetic ketoacidosis can mimic pancreatitis by causing similar abdominal pain and elevated enzymes.

Clozapine has numerous severe side effects including agranulocytosis, bowel infarction, and seizures, and has been associated with myocarditis and diabetes though those relationships have not been confirmed.