American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Management of Acute Diverticulitis

Gastroenterology. 2015 Dec;149(7):1944-9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.10.003. Epub 2015 Oct 8.

Authors

Neil Stollman¹, Walter Smalley², Ikuo Hirano³; AGA Institute Clinical Guidelines Committee

Collaborators

AGA Institute Clinical Guidelines Committee:
Megan A Adams, Spencer D Dorn, Sharon L Dudley-Brown, Steven L Flamm, Ziad F Gellad, Claudia B Gruss, Lawrence R Kosinski, Joseph K Lim, Yvonne Romero, Joel H Rubenstein, Walter E Smalley, Shahnaz Sultan, David S Weinberg, Yu-Xiao Yang

Affiliations

¹ Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, California.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

PMID: 26453777
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.10.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / adverse effects
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use*
Colectomy / adverse effects
Colectomy / standards*
Colonoscopy / standards
Consensus
Diet / adverse effects
Diet / standards*
Dietary Fiber / administration & dosage
Diverticulitis / diagnosis
Diverticulitis / therapy*
Elective Surgical Procedures
Gastroenterology / standards*
Gastrointestinal Agents / adverse effects
Gastrointestinal Agents / therapeutic use*
Humans
Mesalamine / adverse effects
Mesalamine / therapeutic use*
Patient Selection
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / standards
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Dietary Fiber
Gastrointestinal Agents
Mesalamine