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Colonic Diverticulitis in the Elderly

International Journal of Gerontology, 2009
Diverticular disease of the colon is a disease that mainly affects the elderly and presents in 50–70% of those aged 80 years or older. The most common complication is colonic diverticulitis.
Chien-Kuo Liu, Hsi-Hsien Hsu, She-Meng Cheng   +2 more
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Acute Colonic Diverticulitis [PDF]

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018
Acute colonic diverticulitis is a gastrointestinal condition commonly seen in the outpatient and inpatient settings. The prevalence of diverticulitis in the United States has increased dramatically over the past several decades and is estimated to be 180
Sophia Swanson, L. Strate
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Diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: results of a survey among Korean gastroenterologists [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Background/Aims Some management strategies for acute colonic diverticulitis remain controversial in Korean real-world practice because their clinical features differ from those in the West.
Jae Gon Lee, Yong Eun Park, Ji Young Chang, Hyun Joo Song, Duk Hwan Kim, Young Joo Yang, Byung Chang Kim, Shin Hee Lee, Myung-Won You, Seong-Eun Kim   +9 more
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Colonic diverticulosis - diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 2022
Objectives. The objectives of this study are to highlight the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in patients with complicated acute colonic diverticulosis. Methods.
Cristian Meșină, Theodor Viorel Dumitrescu, Mihai Calin Ciorbagiu, Cosmin Vasile Obleaga, Ionica-Daniel Vilcea, Mihaela-Iustina Mesina-Botoran   +5 more
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Acute Colonic Diverticulitis: CT Findings, Classifications, and a Proposal of a Structured Reporting Template

Diagnostics, 2023
Acute colonic diverticulitis (ACD) is the most common complication of diverticular disease and represents an abdominal emergency. It includes a variety of conditions, extending from localized diverticular inflammation to fecal peritonitis, hence the ...
Francesco Tiralongo, Stefano Di Pietro, Dario Milazzo, Sebastiano Galioto, D. Castiglione, Corrado Ini’, P. Foti, Cristina Mosconi, Francesco Giurazza, Massimo Venturini, Guido Zanghì, S. Palmucci, Antonio Basile   +12 more
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What are the differences between the three most used classifications for acute colonic diverticulitis? A comparative multicenter study

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2023
Modified Hinchey, AAST, and WSES classifications are the most popular classifications for acute diverticulitis. 597 patients were retrospectively evalutated.
C. Cremonini, A. Biloslavo, V. Robustelli, S. Giannessi, Simone Rossi Del Monte, M. Mastronardi, S. Musetti, Silvia Strambi, F. Coccolini, M. Chiarugi, D. Tartaglia   +10 more
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Contemporary review of risk-stratified management in acute uncomplicated and complicated diverticulitis [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Acute colonic diverticulitis is a common clinical condition. Severity of the disease is based on clinical, laboratory, and radiological investigations and dictates the need for medical or surgical intervention.
Boermeester, Marja A., Humes, David, Søreide, Kjetil, Velmahos, George C.   +3 more
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Prior abdominal surgery as a potential risk factor for colonic diverticulosis or diverticulitis

World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2023
BACKGROUND Abnormal colonic pressure profiles have been associated with an increased risk of colonic diverticulosis. A surgical history is a known risk factor for abdominal adhesions and these may lead to increased intraluminal colonic pressure.
Eran Ariam, V. Richter, A. Bermont, Yael Sandler, D. L. Cohen, Haim Shirin   +5 more
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The WSES/SICG/ACOI/SICUT/AcEMC/SIFIPAC guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute left colonic diverticulitis in the elderly

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2022
Acute left colonic diverticulitis (ALCD) in the elderly presents with unique epidemiological features when compared with younger patients. The clinical presentation is more nuanced in the elderly population, having higher in-hospital and postoperative ...
P. Fugazzola, M. Ceresoli, F. Coccolini, F. Gabrielli, A. Puzziello, F. Monzani, B. Amato, G. Sganga, M. Sartelli, F. Menichetti, Gabriele Adolfo Puglisi, D. Tartaglia, P. Carcoforo, N. Avenia, Y. Kluger, C. Paolillo, M. Zago, A. Leppäniemi, M. Tomasoni, L. Cobianchi, F. Dal Mas, M. Improta, Ernest E. Moore, A. Peitzman, M. Sugrue, V. Agnoletti, G. Fraga, D. Weber, D. Damaskos, F. Abu-Zidan, I. Wani, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Manos Pikoulis, Nikolaos Pararas, E. Tan, R. T. Broek, R. Maier, R. Davies, J. Kashuk, V. Shelat, A. C. Mefire, G. Augustin, S. Magnone, E. Poiasina, B. de Simone, M. Chiarugi, W. Biffl, G. Baiocchi, F. Catena, L. Ansaloni   +49 more
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Utility of monocyte distribution width in the differential diagnosis between simple and complicated diverticulitis: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2023
Background Colonic diverticulitis is a leading cause of abdominal pain. The monocyte distribution width (MDW) is a novel inflammatory biomarker with prognostic significance for coronavirus disease and pancreatitis; however, no study has assessed its ...
Chang-Yuan Chang, Tai-Yi Hsu, Guan-Yi He, Hong-Mo Shih, Shih-Hao Wu, Fen-Wei Huang, Pei-Chun Chen, Wen-Chen Tsai   +7 more
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