AGA Clinical Practice Update on Medical Management of Colonic Diverticulitis: Expert Review.

ABSTRACT: Colonic diverticulitis is a painful gastrointestinal disease that recurs unpredictably and can lead to chronic gastrointestinal symptoms. Gastroenterologists commonly care for patients with this disease. The purpose of this Clinical Practice Update is to provide practical and evidence-based advice for management of diverticulitis. We reviewed systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, and observational studies to develop 14 best practices. In brief, computed tomography is often necessary to make a diagnosis. Rarely, a colon malignancy is misdiagnosed as diverticulitis. Whether patients should have a colonoscopy after an episode of diverticulitis depends on the patient's history, most recent colonoscopy, and disease severity and course. In patients with a history of di

SUBMITTER: Peery AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878331 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature