Sigmoid diverticulitis: A systematic review

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 287-297

  Morris, Arden M ^a   Regenbogen, Scott E ^a   Hardiman, Karin M ^a   Hendren, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; MESALAZINE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON FLORA; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIGMOID; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 84892656437     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.282025     Document Type: Review

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