Colonic diverticulitis: A prospective analysis of diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-186

  Toorenvliet, B R ^a   Bakker, R F R ^b   Breslau, P J ^b   Merkus, J W S ^b   Hamming, J F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonic; Computed tomography; Decision making; Diagnosis; Diverticulitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION ABNORMALITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77954370532     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01778.x     Document Type: Article

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