Acute diverticulitis - Clinical presentation and differential diagnostics

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 496-501

  Laurell, Helena ^a,b   Hansson, L E ^c   Gunnarsson, U ^b  

^a MORA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Colon; Diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON PERFORATION; COLON SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250753745     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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