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Title
Outpatient diverticulitis: mild or myth?
Authors
O'Connor, Erin S; Smith, Maureen A; Heise, Charles P
Abstract
Diverticulitis is considered common in the outpatient population, with mild variants of described diagnostic criteria: left lower quadrant pain, fever, and leukocytosis. Here, expected criteria utilization among outpatients with a possible diagnosis of diverticulitis is assessed.
Publication
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2012, Vol 16, Issue 7, p1389