“…Ischemic colitis is predominantly a disease of the older age group [1,10], It has been previously described in asso ciation with arterial insufficiency [1,[3][4][5], vasculitis [1], ab dominal surgery [10], hemolytic uremic syndrome [11], clostridial infections [2], venous obstruction [7], use of oral contraceptive [7,12], hypotension [6] or thromboembolic phenomena [1], Ischemic bowel disease in patients on hemodialysis has been previously reported [13]. Recently an exacerbation of peripheral vascular disease in elderly patients on chronic ambulatory PD was described [14], In both instances the ischemic disease was at least in part, related to the effects of hypotension on existing vascular disease.…”