Acute diverticulitis in the young adult is not "virulent"

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1044-1047

  Schweitzer, Jeremy ^a   Casillas, Robert A ^a   Collins, J Craig ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIVERTICULITIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; VIRULENCE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036981811     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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