Management of acute diverticulitis in the East Anglian region: Results of a United Kingdom regional survey

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1332-1340

  Munikrishnan, Venkatesh ^a   Helmy, Adel ^b   Elkhider, Hisham ^c   Omer, Abdelrahman A ^d  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Analgesia; Diagnostic imaging; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; BARIUM ENEMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGEON; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33748740641     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0594-2     Document Type: Review

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