A prospective study of acute admissions in a surgical unit due to diverticular disease

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-190

  John, S K P ^a   Teo, N B ^b   Forster, A L ^c  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b General Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; CT scan; Diverticular disease; Recurrent diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN C; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347268804     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102897     Document Type: Article

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