Acute colonic diverticulitis: A systematic review of diagnostic accuracy

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 480-488

  Liljegren, Goran ^a,b   Chabok, A ^c   Wickbom, M ^a   Smedh, K ^c   Nilsson, K ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CAMTÖ Centre for Assessment of Medical Technology in Örebro   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Diverticulitis colonic; Sensitivity; Specificity; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; BARIUM SULFATE; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; ENEMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250746823     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01238.x     Document Type: Review

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