Introduction: Recently, a three-step endoscopic scale, known as the Diverticular Inflammation and Complication Assessment (DICA), was introduced to predict the course of diverticular disease (DD), ...

Medical treatment results in more readmissions ... in the vast majority of patients with acute diverticulitis and its milder forms of complications. This is because the calculated probability ...

Even with symptoms, most cases of diverticulitis can be treated at home. However, complications can occur, sometimes requiring treatment in the hospital. Abdominal pain is the most common symptom ...

Bowel obstruction (such as impacted stool), diverticulitis ... prompt medical attention and immediate treatment to prevent life-threatening complications. Treatment goals include repairing ...

Severe diverticulitis treatment In severe cases of diverticulitis, surgery may be required. If patients develop complications like an abscess or perforation, surgical intervention becomes necessary.

Diverticulosis and diverticulitis are diseases of the elderly ... The rate of the "in-hospital" surgeries as well as the rate of complications at admission were not different between young ...

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Even with symptoms, most cases of diverticulitis can be treated at home. However, complications can occur, sometimes requiring treatment in the hospital. Abdominal pain is the most common symptom of ...

without further complications. In this group, there were 2 hospital deaths. One patient died of peritonitis after a resection of the sigmoid for diverticulitis and incidental polyp. The other died ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common health issue in the United States, affecting millions of adults. It is a ...