Applicability, safety and efficiency of outpatient treatment in uncomplicated diverticulitis

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-307

  Moya, P ^b   Arroyo, A ^a   Perez Legaz J ^a   Serrano, P ^a   Candela, F ^a   Soriano Irigaray, L ^a   Calpena, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b Camino de los Garres No 21   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oral antibiotics; Outpatient treatment; Uncomplicated diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLONOSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864048062     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-012-0847-0     Document Type: Article

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