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Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 1999
The spectrum of colonic diverticular disease includes asymptomatic diverticulosis, acute and chronic diverticulitis, and diverticular hemorrhage. Most often discovered incidentally on endoscopy or contrast radiography, asymptomatic diverticulosis is best treated by patient education, which focuses on increasing dietary fiber intake.
, Hultén, , Haboubi, , Schofield
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The spectrum of colonic diverticular disease includes asymptomatic diverticulosis, acute and chronic diverticulitis, and diverticular hemorrhage. Most often discovered incidentally on endoscopy or contrast radiography, asymptomatic diverticulosis is best treated by patient education, which focuses on increasing dietary fiber intake.
, Hultén, , Haboubi, , Schofield
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Current Problems in Surgery, 1989
Although most often clinically silent, colonic diverticula are responsible for a large number of gastrointestinal illnesses in our society. Complications of diverticular disease, including perforation and hemorrhage, may occur in 15% to 20% of patients with diverticula during their lifetime, and although often mild and self-limiting diseases, they too ...
R V, Rege, D L, Nahrwold
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Although most often clinically silent, colonic diverticula are responsible for a large number of gastrointestinal illnesses in our society. Complications of diverticular disease, including perforation and hemorrhage, may occur in 15% to 20% of patients with diverticula during their lifetime, and although often mild and self-limiting diseases, they too ...
R V, Rege, D L, Nahrwold
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Surgical Clinics of North America
Our approach to the diagnosis and treatment of diverticulitis has evolved over the past 20 y. Routine use of antibiotics has decreased with recent studies suggesting simple cases of diverticulitis can be selectively managed without antibiotics. The criteria necessitating surgical intervention have also been amended as our understanding of the natural ...
Ryan, Emanuelson +3 more
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Our approach to the diagnosis and treatment of diverticulitis has evolved over the past 20 y. Routine use of antibiotics has decreased with recent studies suggesting simple cases of diverticulitis can be selectively managed without antibiotics. The criteria necessitating surgical intervention have also been amended as our understanding of the natural ...
Ryan, Emanuelson +3 more
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Probiotics and Diverticular Disease
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2009Diverticular disease is one of the most common medical conditions affecting Western populations. Inflammatory complications are the most common manifestation of the disease and typically cause acute bouts of abdominal pain and fever. Chronic symptoms can also occur and can be mistakenly attributed to irritable bowel syndrome and rarely to inflammatory ...
Anish, Sheth, Martin, Floch
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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1976
Diverticular disease comprises a spectrum of illness beginning with the irritable bowel syndrome and progressing to the life-threatening complications of diverticulitis and hemorrhage. Step-wise progression of this disease may be seen but is not invariably present; many patients with diverticulosis do not have preceding symptoms of the irritable bowel ...
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Diverticular disease comprises a spectrum of illness beginning with the irritable bowel syndrome and progressing to the life-threatening complications of diverticulitis and hemorrhage. Step-wise progression of this disease may be seen but is not invariably present; many patients with diverticulosis do not have preceding symptoms of the irritable bowel ...
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Diverticular Disease of the Appendix
Southern Medical Journal, 1990We have discussed a case of appendiceal diverticulitis diagnosed at laparotomy, and reviewed the histologic and clinical findings. Although infrequently encountered, appendiceal diverticulitis must be entertained in the differential diagnosis of pain in the right lower quadrant, especially in the adult patient.
J H, Lock, W E, Wheeler
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Diverticular Disease: Epidemiology and Management [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2011 Diverticular disease of the colon is among the most prevalent conditions in western society and is among the leading reasons for outpatient visits and causes of hospitalization. While previously considered to be a disease primarily affecting the elderly,
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Diverticular disease in adolescence
Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2002Diverticular disease is rare in the adolescent. Acute diverticulitis is almost never considered as a diagnosis for a young patient presenting with abdominal pain. Unfortunately, unrecognized it may be associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Nadeem Ahmad, Afzal, Mike, Thomson
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Smooth muscle cholinergic denervation hypersensitivity in diverticular disease
Lancet, The, 2003 BACKGROUND: Evidence from clinical and laboratory investigations into the causes of diverticular disease suggests that disturbances in cholinergic activity are important, the effector mechanisms of which have yet to be established.
D E Burleigh, Abi Belai, Lucy Ghali
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Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2002
Barium enema remains the gold standard for demonstrating the extent and severity of colonic diverticular disease. As such, barium studies have a role in clarifying the differential diagnosis of patients with abdominal pain and altered gut function.
Steve, Halligan, Brian, Saunders
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Barium enema remains the gold standard for demonstrating the extent and severity of colonic diverticular disease. As such, barium studies have a role in clarifying the differential diagnosis of patients with abdominal pain and altered gut function.
Steve, Halligan, Brian, Saunders
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