Background: Clinicians need to better understand the value of computed tomography (CT)
imaging and nonsurgical treatment options to manage acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis …

Objective: We compared the process of developing searches with and without using text-
mining tools (TMTs) for evidence synthesis products. Study Design: This descriptive …

Background: Outpatient diverticulitis is commonly treated with either a combination of
metronidazole and a fluoroquinolone (metronidazole-with-fluoroquinolone) or amoxicillin …

Background: The value of interventions used after acute colonic diverticulitis is unclear.
Purpose: To evaluate postdiverticulitis colonoscopy and interventions to prevent recurrent …

Abstract Background and Objectives Systematic reviews form the basis of evidence-based
medicine, but are expensive and time-consuming to produce. To address this burden, we …

Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Antibiotics for Outpatient Diverticulitis Comparative
Effectiveness and Harms of Antibiotics for Outpatient Diverticulitis Ann Intern Med. 2022 …

The Perspectives series returns, this time with an exciting discussion about antibiotic use in
acute uncomplicated diverticulitis. It has been fascinating to witness this field evolve from an …

For decades, it was standard practice to give antibiotics to all patients with acute
uncomplicated diverticulitis (AUD). While most patients with a first diagnosis of AUD recover …

That we are engaged in a legitimate debate about the role of antibiotics in acute
uncomplicated diverticulitis (AUD) is itself quite notable. In the 1999 American College of …