BOSTON — Patients with acute colonic diverticulitis are more likely to be seen by primary care providers than by emergency physicians, representing a shift in the way clinicians detect and treat the ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The ACP has released its first-ever guidelines for diagnosing, managing and preventing recurrence of acute ...

A study found that while the long-term risks for recurrent acute diverticulitis are limited after colectomy, medically treated patients have similar outcomes, according to findings published in the ...

According to two new clinical guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP), uncomplicated diverticulitis can be treated in an outpatient setting without antibiotics. Patients with ...

Guidelines highlight opportunity to manage most patients with uncomplicated disease in outpatient settings and to initially manage select patients without antibiotics; Patients with complicated ...

Diverticular disease is common in the Western world, but few patients with uncomplicated disease require surgery. When surgery is indicated, the choice of procedure is determined by the degree of ...

Colon carcinoma and acute diverticulitis have similar computed tomography imaging features that can make differential diagnosis difficult for radiologists, but a novel artificial intelligence ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. A deep-learning artificial intelligence model led to a ...

Laparoscopic sigmoid resection significantly improved quality of life (QOL) in patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis, though was associated with a small but ...