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Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2002
Diverticular disease is a common finding in Western countries with an increasing prevalence with age. Many patients with the disorder remain asymptomatic. However, up to 30% of those affected may show clinical signs including pain, bleeding, obstruction, abscess, fistulae and perforation.
Ronald J, Place, Clifford L, Simmang
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Diverticular disease is a common finding in Western countries with an increasing prevalence with age. Many patients with the disorder remain asymptomatic. However, up to 30% of those affected may show clinical signs including pain, bleeding, obstruction, abscess, fistulae and perforation.
Ronald J, Place, Clifford L, Simmang
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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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Diverticular Disease of the Colon
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1999Diverticular disease of the colon is quite common in developed countries, and its prevalence increases with age. Although present in perhaps two thirds of the elderly population, the large majority of patients will remain entirely asymptomatic. Nonetheless, an estimated 20% of those affected may manifest clinical illness, mainly diverticulitis, with ...
Neil Stollman, Jeffrey B. Raskin
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Nursing Standard, 2000
Diverticular disease is a gastrointestinal disorder. Christine Hyde discusses the physiology and care of related conditions in the large bowel, examining potential surgical outcomes.
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Diverticular disease is a gastrointestinal disorder. Christine Hyde discusses the physiology and care of related conditions in the large bowel, examining potential surgical outcomes.
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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 ...
Martin H. Floch, Anish A. Sheth
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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 in the Elderly
Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2019While few diseases are limited solely to the elderly, diverticular disease is clearly more prevalent with increasing age and therefore the aim of this review is to focus on the clinical implications of diverticular disease in the elderly.Diverticulitis in the elderly is best managed with an individualized treatment approach including considerations for
Neil Stollman, Mona Rezapour
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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.
Mike Thomson, Nadeem A. Afzal
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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 P. 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 P. Saunders
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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.
Joseph Lock, William Wheeler
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