New recommendations from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) on the management of colonic diverticulitis in the outpatient setting address an array of notable challenges in treating such ...

Guidelines highlight opportunity to manage most patients with uncomplicated disease in outpatient settings and to initially manage select patients without antibiotics; Patients with complicated ...

Note: See Table 2 for the performance of this rule in two cohorts. Information from reference 5. An external validation study of the three-item rule showed a specificity of 93% (95% CI, 88% to 96%) ...

Diverticulitis is the infection or inflammation of pouches that can form in your intestines. These pouches are called diverticula. Diverticula usually aren’t harmful. They can show up anywhere in your ...

Researchers have described a new form of irritable bowel syndrome that occurs after an acute bout of diverticulitis, a finding that may help lead to better management of symptoms and relief for ...

Diverticulitis is a form of colitis, or inflammatory disease affecting the lining of the colon. (1) Specifically, diverticulitis starts when small, bulging pouches (diverticula) form in the lining of ...

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 ...