Application of a modified Neff classification to patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1442-1447

  Mora Lopez, L ^a   Serra Pla, S ^a   Serra Aracil, X ^a   Ballesteros, E ^a   Navarro, S ^a  

^a Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli (Sabadell)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Neff's classification; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEFF CLASSIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS; NEFF'S CLASSIFICATION; OUTPATIENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84887140206     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12449     Document Type: Article

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