Early discharge policy of patients with acute colonic diverticulitis following initial CT scan

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 817-820

  Al Sahaf, Osama ^a,c   Al Azawi, Dhafir ^b,c   Fauzi, Muhammad Z ^a,c   El Masry, Sherif ^a   Gillen, P ^a  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Early CT scan; Outpatient management

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45449116885     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0492-2     Document Type: Article

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