The out-patient management of patients with acute mild-to-moderate colonic diverticulitis

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 889-897

  Mizuki, A ^a   Nagata, H ^b   Tatemichi, M ^c   Kaneda, S ^a   Tsukada, N ^a   Ishii, H ^b   Hibi, T ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16444371873     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02422.x     Document Type: Article

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