Challenges and Opportunities in the Elective Management of Diverticulitis: Perspectives From a National Sample of Colorectal Surgeons.

Background: Diverticulitis is a complex, heterogeneous disease process that affects a diverse population of patients. In the elective management of this disease, treatment guidelines have shifted toward patient-centered, individualized decision-making. It is not known what challenges surgeons face as they approach these nuanced treatment decisions in practice.

Parents' Experiences Caring for a Child after a Critical Illness: A Qualitative Study.

 This article described parents' experience and identifies outcomes important to parents following their child's critical illness.  Semistructured interviews with 22 female and 4 male parents representing 26 critically ill children with predominately neurologic and respiratory diagnoses. Most children were younger than 5 years at discharge with a median (interquartile range) of 2 (2.