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Colonic Diverticulitis in the Elderly

open access: yesInternational 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   +2 more
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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

Elective Surgery for Diverticulitis in Swiss Hospitals

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2021
Objective: To assess current management of diverticulitis in Switzerland.Methods: Prospective observational study of diverticulitis management and outcomes in surgical departments over a 3-month time period.
Seraina Faes   +176 more
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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

Epiploic Appendagitis Mimicking Recurrent Diverticulitis

open access: yesCase Reports in Surgery, 2018
Here, we report a case in which a patient with an extensive history of diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon presented with left lower quadrant abdominal pain similar to her previous episodes of diverticulitis.
R. Plummer   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Non-Meckel Small Intestine Diverticulitis [PDF]

open access: yesCase Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017
Non-Meckel small intestine diverticulitis can have many manifestations and its management is not well-defined. We report 4 unselect cases of small intestine diverticulitis; all patients were seen by the same physician at the Emergency Center at The ...
Shamim Ejaz   +2 more
doaj   +3 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
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Utility of monocyte distribution width in the differential diagnosis between simple and complicated diverticulitis: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical management of colocutaneous fistulae in diverticulitis

open access: yes, 2021
A 70-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a painful left inguinal mass along with intermittent nausea and vomiting but no constipation or obstipation. Her last bowel motion was on the morning of presentation.
Ng, Justin Yan-Ting   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Complicated intra-abdominal infections in Europe: a comprehensive review of the CIAO study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The CIAO Study ("Complicated Intra-Abdominal infection Observational" Study) is a multicenter investigation performed in 68 medical institutions throughout Europe over the course of a 6-month observational period (January-June 2012).Patients with either ...
Herych Ihor   +482 more
core   +1 more source

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