Appendicitis/diverticulitis: Diagnostics and conservative treatment

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-75

  Kruis, Wolfgang ^a,c   Morgenstern, Julia ^a   Schanz, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Kreisklinikum Siegen   (Germany)

^c Innere Abteilung des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Kalk   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROCALCITONIN; RIFAXIMIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE;

APPENDICITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84879592833     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000347185     Document Type: Article

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