Randomized controlled trial of oral vs intravenous therapy for the clinically diagnosed acute uncomplicated diverticulitis

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 941-946

  Ridgway, P F ^a,c   Latif, A ^a,b   Shabbir, J ^a   Ofriokuma, F ^a   Hurley, M J ^b   Evoy, D ^a   O'Mahony, J B ^a   Mealy, K ^a  

^a WEXFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b St Luke's Hospital Kilkenny   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Antibiotics; Diverticulitis; Outpatient; Parenteral; Therapy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DIVERTICULITIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREND STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIVERTICULITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72949101838     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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