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Advances in management of patients with acute diverticulitis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Acute Disease, 2015
Objective: To analyse the development of the medical and surgical treatment of acute diverticulitis to develop an appropriate decision-making algorithm.
Sibilla Focchi   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Management of Diverticulitis and Prevention of Recurrence [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Medical Journal Gastroenterology, 2015
Acute diverticulitis is an acute inflammation of colonic diverticulae that is associated with an episode of severe, prolonged, lower abdominal pain (usually on the left side), changes in bowel movements, low-grade fever, and leukocytosis.
Paolo Andreozzi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis: clinical expressions, therapeutic insights, and role of computed tomography [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2016
Patrick Ambrosetti Department of Surgery, Clinique Générale Beaulieu, Geneva, Switzerland Abstract: The diagnostic approach of patients with suspected acute diverticulitis remains debated.
Ambrosetti P
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Factors for Severe Diverticulitis in Computed Tomography-Confirmed Acute Diverticulitis in Korea

open access: yesGut and Liver, 2013
Background/AimsAcute complicated diverticulitis can be subdivided into moderate diverticulitis and severe diverticulitis. Although there have been numerous studies on the risk factors for complicated diverticulitis, little research has focused on severe ...
doaj   +2 more sources

Acute diverticulitis in immunocompromised patients: evidence from an international multicenter observational registry (Web-based International Register of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, Wires-T) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
BACKGROUND: Immunocompromised patients with acute diverticulitis are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to compare clinical presentations, types of treatment, and outcomes between immunocompromised and ...
Coccolini Federico   +10 more
core   +1 more source

CT of the acute colonic diverticulitis: a pictorial essay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Acute colonic diverticulitis (ACD) is an acute episode of severe and prolonged lower abdominal pain due to diverticular inflammation, usually associated with change in bowel movements, fever, and leukocytosis.
Luigi Larosa   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Complicated intra-abdominal infections in Europe: preliminary data from the first three months of the CIAO Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The CIAO Study is a multicenter observational study currently underway in 66 European medical institutions over the course of a six-month study period (January-June 2012).This preliminary report overviews the findings of the first half of the study ...
Ansaloni Luca   +466 more
core   +5 more sources

Perforated cecal diverticulitis with CT diagnosis and medical management

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2019
Acute diverticulitis is a painful condition of the gastrointestinal tract that results from sudden inflammation of one or more diverticula in the bowel wall.
Caleb Tsetse   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Colonoscopy Necessary after Computed Tomography Diagnosis of Acute Diverticulitis? [PDF]

open access: yesIntestinal Research, 2014
Background/AimsA diagnosis of acute diverticulitis is based on computed tomography (CT). Colonoscopy is commonly performed after the acute event to exclude other diagnoses.
Min Jung Kim   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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