Management of diverticulitis: Results of a survey among gastroenterologists and surgeons

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  de Korte, N ^a   Klarenbeek, B R ^a   Kuyvenhoven, J Ph ^a   Roumen, R M H ^b   Cuesta, M A ^c   Stockmann, H B A C ^a  

^a Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Diverticulitis; Imaging; Surgery; Survey; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BOWEL REST; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON LAVAGE; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HARTMANN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; DIET; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80755126911     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02744.x     Document Type: Article

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