The Dark Side of Diverticulitis

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Authors

Pradeep Johns, Beaumont Health Resident
Eric McDowell, Beaumont Health

Description

Introduction • Current guidelines, including the American Gastroenterological Association, have recommended outpatient treatment of uncomplicated diverticulitis. • CT scan for uncomplicated diverticulitis may demonstrate bowel wall thickening (70%), pericolic fat stranding (98%) without evidence of abscess, perforation, or fistula formation • Treating uncomplicated diverticulitis with outpatient oral antibiotics needs to be weighed with the patient's comorbidities, the likelihood of follow-up and signs of sepsis

Publication Date

5-2022

Keywords

diverticulitis

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine

Recommended Citation

Johns P, McDowell E. The dark side of diverticulitis. Presented at Beaumont Hospital Farmington Hills 2022 Alvin Yarrows Research Day; 2022 May; Farmington Hills, MI.

Comments

Presented at 2022 Alvin Yarrows Research Day at Beaumont Hospital Farmington Hills, Farmington Hills, MI, May 2022.