Background: Symptomatic diverticular disease is challenging for patients, clinicians and
health services. The prevalence increases with age and BMI and as such, the burden of this …

Background Diverticulitis is a common condition with a broad spectrum of disease severity.
A scoring system has been proposed for diagnosing diverticulitis, and a number of scoring …

Abstract Background Epidemiological studies in Western countries have documented an
increase of hospitalizations for acute diverticulitis (AD) but Italian evidence is scarce. The …

Purpose of review Acute uncomplicated diverticulitis is traditionally managed by inpatient
admission for bowel rest, intravenous fluids and intravenous antibiotics. In recent years, an …

Introduction: Conservative, non-antibiotic and non-surgical management of acute
diverticulitis is currently being investigated. To better inform clinical decisions, better …

Background Inpatient treatment of patients with colon diverticulitis represents a significant
financial and clinical burden to the health care system and patients. The aim of this study …

Aim Current recommendations regarding the triage of patients with acute diverticulitis for
inpatient or outpatient treatment are vague. We hypothesized that a significant number of …

Introduction Diverticulitis is a common surgical admission that presents with a wide range of
symptoms and severity. Overall there has been a shift to conservative management …

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate outpatient, non-antibiotic management in
acute uncomplicated diverticulitis with regard to admissions, complications, and …

Background Conservative treatment of uncomplicated or mild diverticulitis usually includes
antibiotic therapy. It is, however, uncertain whether patients with acute diverticulitis indeed …