2013年5月1日 · Patients with acute diverticulitis may present with left lower quadrant pain, tenderness, abdominal distention, and fever. Other symptoms may include anorexia, constipation, nausea, diarrhea, and...

2024年3月20日 · In the United States, acute diverticulitis is the third most common gastrointestinal illness that requires hospitalization and the leading indication for elective colon resection [3,4]. The triage and inpatient management of patients with acute colonic diverticulitis is discussed in this topic.

2020年9月18日 · We reviewed systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, and observational studies to develop 14 best practices. In brief, computed tomography is often necessary to make a diagnosis. Rarely, a colon malignancy is misdiagnosed as diverticulitis.

Acute uncomplicated diverticulitis (AUD) is generally felt to be caused by obstruction and inflammation of a colonic diverticulum and occurs in about 4–5% of patients with diverticulosis. The cornerstone of AUD treatment has conventionally been ...

2024年5月17日 · Patients who have chronic smoldering diverticulitis typically have subacute but protracted symptoms of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, alteration in bowel habits, and/or rectal bleeding, often after cessation of antibiotics.

2023年2月21日 · Diverticulitis is treated using diet modifications, antibiotics, and possibly surgery. Mild diverticulitis infection may be treated with bed rest, stool softeners, a liquid diet,...

Continue antibiotics for up to 14 days in people with CT-confirmed diverticular abscess. For intravenous antibiotics: review within 48 hours or after scanning if sooner and consider stepping down to oral antibiotics where possible.

2021年3月3日 · The report in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests the antibiotic combination amoxicillin-clavulanate might reduce the risk for fluoroquinolone-related harms without adversely influencing diverticulitis-specific outcomes.

2021年2月22日 · Outpatient diverticulitis treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate was “just as effective” as treatment with a combination of metronidazole and a fluoroquinolone, a researcher told Healio Primary...

Co-amoxiclav, a combination of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid, is often used to treat diverticulitis due to its effectiveness against a broad range of bacteria, including those that commonly infect the digestive tract. Augmentin combines amoxicillin with clavulanic acid.