by American College of Surgeons Operations for diverticulitis decreased in 2020, but severity of disease increased. Credit: American College of Surgeons The first year of the COVID pandemic significantly altered how patients and providers treated diverticulitis, causing a significant drop in operations to manage the disease but a corresponding increase in the proportion of more...
JANUARY 18, 2022 by American College of Physicians 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 complicated disease should be referred for colonoscopy after an initial episode if they have not had a recent colonoscopy. Published in Annals of...
Diverticulitis occurs when pouches begin to protrude outward from the wall of the colon, becoming infected and inflamed. However, these pouches can protrude without becoming infected. This is known as diverticulosis, and the pouches are called diverticula. Many individuals have a number of diverticula but feel no ill effects. However, when a pouch becomes infected,...
by Wolters Kluwer Health Reflecting research-driven changes in clinical practice, a revised set of evidence-based recommendations for the medical and surgical treatment of left-sided colonic diverticulitis has been published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (DC&R), the official journal of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS). The journal is published by...
Diet can affect the symptoms of diverticulitis. Some foods can help prevent symptoms, while others may make a flare-up worse. According to an article in the journal GastrenterologyTrusted Source, diverticulitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal diagnoses in United States clinics. Medical treatmentTrusted Source may include antibiotics or surgery. Doctors may recommend that people...
